Doll

Museum number:
2-71770
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020071770
Alternate number:
C449 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4709
Object count:
1
Description:
Athabaskan man doll. All leather, stuffed doll, embroidered features, slightly molded nose; thread hair. Dressed in brown leather, 2-piece, high moccasins beaded in white/red/blue, and long leather trousers tucked into boots. Leather tunic with fringe across chest and shoulders, beaded w/ red/white/light blue, including around sleeves. Leather headband. Caribou teeth for hands. H = 9”.
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:
Juneau, Juneau Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
USA, Alaska [southern], Athapaskan [possibly Atna or Upper Nanana or even southern Tutchane]
Culture or time period:
Northern Athapaskan tribes
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
August 1981
Materials:
Leather
Taxon:
Rangifer tarandus caribou
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 5, 2000
Context of use:
Purchased in Juneau, Alaska for $75, at the Ivory Cache in the warehoiuse at the landing dock.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 2-71770, described as Athabaskan man doll. All leather, stuffed doll, embroidered features, slightly molded nose; thread hair. Dressed in brown leather, 2-piece, high moccasins beaded in white/red/blue, and long leather trousers tucked into boots. Leather tunic with fringe across chest and shoulders, beaded w/ red/white/light blue, including around sleeves. Leather headband. Caribou teeth for hands. H = 9”.

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