West Greenland doll in costume, beaded collar, tall white boots, topknot
Greenland doll
1952 - 195517 5/16 x 7 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (44 x 20 x 6 cm)
Inuit (aka Eskimo, Inuk)
Object Type:
doll
Creation Places:
North America, Greenland, West Greenland
Medium and Support:
fabric, fur on wood
Credit Line:
Gift of Alice G. Nute
Accession Number:
1989.33.1
Doll is dressed in an exquisitely detained traditional costume. It was collected by Ara Rex Gilpatrick of Houlton, ME, approximately between 1952 and 1955, in West Greenland. Gilpatrick had worked for the Corps of Engineers, returned due to lung problem.
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- Dressing It Up: Beadwork in Northern Communities The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum , 4/25/2015 - 3/27/2016
- Threads of Change: Clothing and Identity in the North , 4/19/2017 - 12/31/2020
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