Kotzebue, Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, United States, North America
Accession Date:
10 Jan 1994
Collection Date:
Early 1930's
Notes:
CARVED STANDING ALDERWOOD (?) DOLL HAS CARVED NOSE & OPEN MOUTH. BROWS, EYES, & NOSTRILS ARE PAINTED BLACK. HAS GLUED/SEWN ON (?) DARK-BROWN FUR FOR HAIR. WEARS KNEE-LENGTH BROWN FUR PARKA W/ RUFF AT NECK, CUFFS, & BOTTOM HEM, PROBABLY GROUND SQUIRREL FUR. BAND OF CREAM-COLORED CARIBOU SKIN AT BOTTOM HEM. WEARS BROWN LEATHER MITTENS & BROWN FUR KNEE HIGH BOOTS W/ CARIBOU SKIN SOLES. CONDITION: RIP IN RIM, BACK OF HOOD. OBJECT WAS MADE BY ETHEL WASHINGTON (NAPATUKTOO), 1889-1967. MATERIALS IDENTIFICATION BY DR. STEPHEN LORING, ARTIC STUDIES, NMNH. SEE ACC. 409953 FOR COMPARISON.
Illus. Fig. 46 p. 57 of Chaussonnet, Valerie. 1995. Crossroads Alaska: native cultures of Alaska and Siberia. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.