DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Doll

NameDoll

CultureInuit?

Date1920-1972

Place madeUnited States, North America

Place madeCanada, North America

MediumWood, paint, cotton string, fur (possibly muskrat, deer hair, and seal), possibly summer seal skin, hair seal

Dimensions10 7/16 × 3 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (26.5 × 10 × 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.2015.28.70

DescriptionMale doll with carved wood face with green, yellow, and black eyes and eyebrows and a mouth that is carved in. He wears a hooded leather parka with orange painted details and grey fur around the face. There is a fur pouch on his chest with two orange pointed sticks in it. The legs are covered in dark brown fur. The hands and feet are both wood.