Doll
96-18-3
From: Alaska | St. Lawrence Island (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 96-18-3 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Inuit |
| Provenience | Alaska | St. Lawrence Island (uncertain) |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Date Made | 1950's ? |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Seal Hide | Seal Gut | Seal Fur | Cotton Thread | Cotton |
| Technique | Handsewn |
| Description | Doll dressed in seal hide parka with dark fur trim and dark fur leggings. Outer parka made of a seal gut stitched together in 2.5 cm. strips with gray fur trim on bottom and arm sleeves. Hood trimmed in dark fur. White hide facewith applied hide nose, black cotton thread eyes and red cotton thread mouth. Boots made of hide and light brown fur, secured with gut ties around ankle cotton muslin fabric at boot top. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Drs. Fay & Walter Selove, 1996 |
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