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Doll3159/4 a-b

Doll wearing an amautik parka, carrying a child. Female doll has eyes embroidered in black thread and mouth in red, with a slightly protruding nose. Hair of wool is sewn onto the head with ends braided in ponytails. Amautik parka is made from canvas, with embroidered decoration along hem and wrists, and a blue and red belt tied at waist. A light cotton robe with decoration similar to the parka is slung through the belt at back. Doll wears a pink and white gingham skirt over a lace underskirt. Boots are leather, topped with a felt cuff and fur trim. The knit figure of an infant (part b) wrapped in a pink and blue blanket, its facial features embroidered in black thread, rides in a hood pouch attached to the mother’s parka at the neck.

Culture
Inuit
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre, skin and hair
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll3159/3

Doll wearing an amautik parka. Female doll has a head and face carved from antler, with inset eyes and mouth, and wide, slightly protruding nose. Black wool is attached to head for hair with a long ponytail at back. Doll’s parka and pants are made from half-tanned leather. Jacket has an amaut pouch attached at back for carrying a small child. Jacket shoulders have a fringe of beading, and beads are also attached at wrists, on amaut, and along hem front and back just above a short dense leather fringe. Pants are beaded at bottom, and end just above leather boots that have a heavy covering of fur.

Culture
Inuit
Material
skin, wool fibre, antler and glass
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll3159/2

Doll with pink jacket. Male doll has hair and facial features embroidered in black thread, and a slightly protruding nose. A deep, pointed hood edged with white wool can be lifted to cover the head. Jacket is made of dark pink felt edged with green at hem and wrists. Fur mittens emerge from the sleeves. Cotton pants in khaki green are tucked into tall boots made from fur and suede with a decorated felt cuff and red and green ties.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre and skin
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll3159/1

Doll with fur trimmed tunic. Large female doll has a leather face with protruding nose; eyes, brows and mouth are embroidered in black thread. A deep hood lined with long animal fur can be lifted to completely cover the head and face. This is sewn to the tunic which is made of a flowered fabric and edged around hem and wrists with fur. A wide knit belt in red and orange with tasseled ends is fastened around the doll’s waist. Legs are made of stuffed blue felt with tall leather-soled boots on the feet. Inuktitut syllabics are stitched around the the cuff of the right boot.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre, animal hair and skin
Made in
Spence Bay, Nunavut, Canada and Taloyoak, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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