doll, unrecorded Native Arctic artist

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unrecorded Native Arctic artist, doll
unrecorded Native Arctic artist, doll
unrecorded Native Arctic artist
doll
late 1800s–1980
unrecorded Native Arctic artist, artist
doll, late 1800s–1980
Where object was made: North and Central America
Material/technique: hair seal fur; leather; felt; muskrat fur; embroidering; otter fur; string; wolverine fur
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 24 x 14 x 5 cm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 9 7/16 x 5 1/2 x 1 15/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Ann and Britt Brown, Blackbear Bosin Collection
Accession number: 2007.5875
Not on display
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Exhibition label:
"Blackbear Bosin: artist and collector." Apr-2001, Sara Summers
This photograph of a group of Eskimo people shows an example of the similarity between the clothing of the group and the fur clothing of the doll. Many Native American doll makers gave their dolls similar clothing characteristics of their respective tribe.