Doll Item Number: Na687 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Male doll with a skin head and cotton torso with embroidered features. Dressed in sealskin trousers and mittens, skin boots, and blue cotton parka trimmed at hood with white fur.
History Of Use
Dolls, probably made for sale, illustrate traditional clothing styles of the eastern arctic.
Narrative
Collected by George A. Lane.
Item History
- Made in Broughton Island, Nunavut, Canada and Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, Canada before 1961
- Owned by Elva Irene Lane before January 19, 1978
- Owned by George Albert Lane during 1961
- Received from Elva Irene Lane (Donor) on January 19, 1978
What
- Name
- Doll
- Identification Number
- Na687
- Type of Item
- doll
- Material
- wool fibre, cotton fibre, seal skin and skin
- Manufacturing Technique
- cut, stuffed, embroidered and sewn
- Overall
- height 37.0 cm, width 19.0 cm, depth 6.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Inuit
- Previous Owner
- Elva Irene Lane and George Albert Lane
- Received from
- Elva Irene Lane (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Broughton Island, Nunavut, Canada and Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1961
- Ownership Date
- before January 19, 1978 and during 1961
- Acquisition Date
- on January 19, 1978
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0430/0013