Female traditional clothing doll

NameDoll

Artist Artist Not Recorded

CultureYup’ik (Kuskowagamiut/Kusquqvagmiut)

Date1920-1972

Place madeQuinhagak, Alaska, United States, North America

MediumCarved cottonwood, ink, glass seed beads, rabbit, wolverine fur, land otter fur, bleached reindeer, seal, lamb, wool yarn, cotton cloth

Dimensions23 1/16 × 12 × 4 1/2 in. (58.5 × 30.5 × 11.5 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.2015.28.67

Collections

United States and Canada

DescriptionFemale figure with a carved wood face and nose with eyebrows and eyes drawn on. Red glass seed beads for the mouth and white glass seed beads for the eyes. She wears dark brown and grey fur parka with bits of red wool yarn and brown fur coming out of the top. It is trimmed with light brown fur. There is a yellow, pink, and blue paisley pattern around the legs and two toned brown boots with leather on the soles of the feet. The top of the boots have light blue, orange, red, green, and dark blue beading.