Culture/People:

Iñupiaq  Search this

Artist/Maker:

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

Previous owner:

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

IACB source:

DOI Indian Craft Shop (Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop)  Search this

Object Name:

Female doll

Media/Materials:

Squirrel skin/fur (Ground squirrel), wool cloth, antler, birchbark, wood, caribou hide/skin, hair, paint

Techniques:

Carved, sewn, stitched, painted

Dimensions:

26.5 x 14 x 6.5 cm

Object Type:

Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls

Place:

Kotzebue; NANA Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

Date created:

1964

Collection History:

Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop (Washington, DC) in 1964; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.

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Catalog Number:

25/5301

Barcode:

255301.000

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Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63f9475a1-4e4e-462d-b315-27887a42c664

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_271166