Male traditional dress doll

NameDoll

CultureTsimshian

Date1920-1972

Place madeAlaska, United States, North America

MediumWood, leather, paint, felt, fur, seed beads, rabbit fur, glass beads, feathers

Dimensions13 3/16 × 4 1/2 × 2 7/16 in. (33.5 × 11.5 × 6.25 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Betsy Grant, Lisa Hendrickson and Deborah Kinder, from the Crandall Collection, A.2015.28.

Object numberA.2015.28.54

DescriptionCarved wood facewith a nose, eyes, and mouth; the eyes and eyebrows are painted black. There is a felt teal head wrap and dickey. The head wrap holds yellow feathers and covers short black hair. The teal felt dickey has blue beading. The leather jacket and pants have fringes on the top and bottom. There is brown, blue, and white traditional formline painting on the front of the jacket and pants, and also on the back of the jacket. There are tassels with red, blue, and yellow beads. The blue-topped moccasins are beaded with blue beads. The doll holds a wooden staff with white rabbit fur strips.