Doll Item Number: Na995 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Doll representing a female figure, made from unbleached cotton. The doll is wearing a parka, which has a full length back, high cut sides, a long front with pink, brown, and green embroidered trim, and a large hood with fur edging. The doll is wearing mittens, a brown crocheted toque, a brown and white sash, a purple and pink flowered skirt, and boots with embroidered trim and ties. The facial features are embroidered.
History Of Use
Toys and crafts were made by hospital patients as a form of therapy and entertainment.
Narrative
Collected by Grace Adam between 1950 and 1965. Said to have been made by a tuberculosis patient at the Charles Camsell Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta.
Item History
- Made in Canada before 1965
- Collected before 1965
- Owned by Norrie Barth before January 16, 1985
- Received from Norrie Barth (Donor) on January 16, 1985
What
- Name
- Doll
- Identification Number
- Na995
- Type of Item
- doll
- Material
- wool fibre, cotton fibre and skin
- Manufacturing Technique
- sewn, stuffed, woven, crocheted and embroidered
- Overall
- height 22.0 cm, width 10.3 cm, depth 5.4 cm
Who
- Culture
- Inuit
- Previous Owner
- Norrie Barth
- Received from
- Norrie Barth (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1965
- Collection Date
- before 1965
- Ownership Date
- before January 16, 1985
- Acquisition Date
- on January 16, 1985
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 47
- Accession Number
- 1020/0002