DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Doll

NameToy

Artist Artist Not Recorded

CultureTlingit

Datec. 1965

Place madeAlaska, United States, North America

MediumHide, sealskin, beads, buttons, felt

DimensionsOverall: 11 x 8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. (28 x 21 x 13 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Girard Foundation Collection, Museum of International Folk Art, A.1983.9.230V

Object numberA.1983.9.230V

Collections

United States and Canada

Description“Tlingit Shaman Doll” on the label. Sewn and stuffed leather body with a felt head, yarn hair, and embroidered face. Wearing a deerskin tunic over leggings, sealsking moccasins, blue felt hat shaped like horse head, and a red and blue cape with a button trim. Beaded eagle.