Doll

NameDoll

CultureYup'ik

Date1920-1972

Place madeNapakiak, Alaska, United States, North America

MediumLeather, thread, hair seal, land otter, fur seal, seal skin, painted wood, glass seed beads

Dimensions5 × 3 1/16 × 13 in. (12.75 × 7.75 × 33 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.2015.28.77

Collections

United States and Canada

DescriptionThe man has a leather face with black painted eyes, mouth, and eyebrows. There is a hood made of brown fur, which comes around the face. The coat is also made of brown fur and the leather hands are holding a wooden oar. The man is sitting in the kayak. The kayak is tan with white fur and one light blue bead tied on. A second wooden oar and another canoe instrument are attached to the canoe.