Female doll

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Object Details

Culture/People

Iñupiaq

Artist/Maker

Ethel Washington (Napatuktoo/Agnauglugaq/Agnakluwak), Iñupiaq, 1889-1967

Previous owner

Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-

IACB source

Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Association, Inc. (Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Clearing House/Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Cooperative/ANAC Association, Inc.), 1937-

Collection History

Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from Alaska Native Arts and Crafts (Juneau, Alaska) in 1958; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.

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Date created

1957

Catalog Number

25/8743

Barcode

258743.000

Object Type

Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls

Object Name

Female doll

Media/Materials

Squirrel skin/fur (Ground squirrel), cowhide (calf), ermine skin/fur, sealskin/fur, wood, birchbark, ribbon, ink

Techniques

Carved, sewn, painted

Dimensions

29.3 x 11 x 4 cm

Place

Kotzebue; NANA Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

See related items

Iñupiaq

Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls

On View

NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Arctic & Subarctic

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws66243d807-8a7e-4fa7-a152-bfce439536ec

Record ID

NMAI_274691