Male Doll W/ A Bow
date: label: Accession Date
content: 10 Jan 1994
label: Collection Date
content: Early 1930's
name: label: Collector
content: Caroline Van Hoose
label: Donor Name
content: Caroline Van Hoose
notes: label: Notes
content: CARVED STANDING ALDERWOOD (?) DOLL HAS FACIAL FEATURES IN RELIEF. BROWS, EYES, NOSTRILS, MUSTACHE ARE PAINTED BLACK. HAS GLUED/SEWN ON (?) BLACK FUR FOR HAIR. WEARS HIP-LENGTH HOODED BROWN FUR PARKA W/ GROUND SQUIRREL TRIM. HOOD & UPPER BANDS OF SLEEVES HAVE RUFF, PROBABLY DOG OR WOLF FUR. PARKA IS DECORATED W/ 2 VERTICAL PANELS OF A CREAM-COLORED FUR IN FRONT. SAME COLORED FUR W/ RED WOOL FELT W/ BLACK & RED STITCHINGS DECORATE BANDS FOR UPPER SLEEVES & BOTTOM OF HEM. BROWN FUR PANTS END AT KNEES. HAS KNEE-HIGH TANNED CARIBOU SKIN (?) BOOTS DYED PINK W/ WHITE LEATHER CUFFS & STRIPS CRISS-CROSSING AT ON TOP OF FEET. WEARS LEATHER MITTENS. CARRIES WOODEN BOW W/ A SINEW STRING IN LEFT HAND. BROWN SEAL SKIN BAG W/ A PINK LEATHER STRAP IS SLUNG ACROSS CHEST. CONDITION: TRIM OF HOOD IS SEPARATED FROM HOOD. OBJECT WAS MADE BY ETHEL WASHINGTON (NAPATUKTOO), 1889-1967. MATERIALS IDENTIFICATION BY DR. STEPHEN LORING, ARTIC STUDIES, NMNH. SEE ACC. 409953 FOR COMPARISON.
label: Notes
content: 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.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 May 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kotzebue, Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inupiaq
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390932
label: USNM Number
content: E428106-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Doll
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 33 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 13 cm
label: Height - W/brackets
content: 7.5 cm