Doll
Unidentified Koryak maker
Western Arctic
Arctic
19th century
Hide, fur, bead, thread, and fiber
Overall: 6 11/16 in. (17 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired by exchange from the American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York
14.1.4461
Geography
Place Made: Russia, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact
Research Area
European History
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 12.11, NAS 30, Arctic Crossroads: Its Peoples, Cultures, and History, William Fitzhugh, Winter 2015
Russian 38.23, Imagining Siberia, Tatiana Filimonova, Spring 2023
Provenance
Probably collected by Waldemar Jochelson (1855-1937) on The Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902), sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York; received by present collection in Exchange #3, 1914.
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