Kotzebue, Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, United States, North America
Accession Date:
9 Apr 1996
Collection Date:
1950
Notes:
"CHILD" DOLL. PART OF A SET INCLUDING FATHER (CAT.# 427386), MOTHER (CAT.# 427387) AND CHILD. WOODEN HEAD AND LEGS. DRESSED IN A PARKA OF GROUND SQUIRREL FUR WEARING BOOTS OF CARIBOU FUR WITH SKIN SOLES (PROBABLY SEALSKIN). MADE BY ETHEL WASHINGTON, SUMMER, 1950, FOR SALE TO TOURISTS. (NOTE: MATERIALS IDENTIFIED BY STEPHEN LORING, ARCTIC STUDIES CENTER, 1996).