Doll Item Number: Na689 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Mother with child on back. Mother has cotton print torso and nylon head, embroidered features, and black wool braids. Wearing a white parka, sealskin trousers, white skin boots, and a red and blue braided rope tied around body. Child has white cotton arms with embroidered features and wears blue print dress and red hood.
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
- Na689
- Type of Item
- doll
- Material
- cotton fibre, nylon fibre, skin, seal skin and wool fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- cut, sewn, embroidered, braided and stuffed
- Overall
- height 33.0 cm, width 14.0 cm, depth 12.0 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
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 47
- Accession Number
- 0430/0015