Female doll

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Date created: 1964

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: DOI Indian Craft Shop (Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop)

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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Place: Kotzebue; NANA Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

See related items: Iñupiaq; Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/5301
Barcode: 255301.000

Object Type: Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls

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

Metadata Usage: CC0

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

Record ID: NMAI_271166