DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Inupiaq Doll

NameDoll

Maker Iva Lisbourne (Inupiaq)

CultureIñupiaq

Date1980s - 2009

Place madeTok, Alaska, United States, North America

MediumFur, leather, walrus ivory

Dimensions9 5/8 × 7 7/8 × 1 15/16 in. (24.5 × 20 × 5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Patricia M. Newman, A.2015.33.1

Object numberA.2015.33.1

DescriptionDoll in fur dress. Around the face is a hood of short, dark fur and right behind that a ring of long white fur. The body is covered in short brown fur, with the longer white fur around the feet. Painted ivory face is mostly obscured by the hood.