Ivory Doll With Furs
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1879
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "SMALLER THAN #37633. 6/71."
label: Notes
content: This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.
label: Notes
content: Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact https://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=80 , retrieved 12-16-2021; see web page for additional information: Doll, Inupiaq. This female doll from Norton Sound is dressed in a caribou skin parka and leggings, with long fur trim. The bottom of her parka is U-shaped with high-cut sides, just like the full-sized garments that women wore. Young girls played with dolls made from ivory, bone and wood, usually carved for them by their fathers. Young girls played with dolls made from ivory, bone and wood, and usually carved for them by their fathers. Smaller dolls could often stand upright. Some human figures were not dolls, but rather charms, ceremonial objects, or fertility amulets. These were worn around the neck, sewn into clothing, or fastened to a belt or strap. The gender of dolls or human figures was usually distinguished by anatomy, facial decoration and garments. Female figures might have facial tattooing and be dressed with earrings or nose beads, and males might have labrets (lip ornaments). Dolls were often made without arms or with the arms close to the body to make it easier to change their clothing. Doll garments such as boots, mittens and parkas were miniatures of real clothing, usually quite accurate in showing local details of design and decoration.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Jan 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Norton Sound, North, 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: 008133
label: USNM Number
content: E37634-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Doll
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 30 cm