Handmade Yup'ik Doll

Handmade Yup'ik Doll

Hand made doll wearing white fur parka trimmed with red and blue beads and brown fur. Wearing boots of light brown fur and leather with red and white beads and fur tassles. Face is wood with features drawn on. Written on bottom of feet are 1992 - Yaq'aq and Eek, Alaska. Enclosed card reads "17 July 92 Dear Sharon, I bought you a nice little doll from a nice little old lady at the 4th of July picnic in Bethel- Panzie Lupe of Tututuliak. That afternoon she won grand prize in the raffle: a completely outfitted fishing boat! When Chuna saw the doll he said it was a style he didn't have so I should keep it. But is so happened his mother Elena (or Yaq'aq in Eskimo) was just finishing up an even better one- so I bought it for you. Here it is. I hope you like it. If so you cd send me the money. It cost $60. Hope your summer is going well. Mine is. See you in August. Cordially, Rick"
  • Object: Handmade Yup'ik Doll
  • Artist: Elena McIntyre / Yaq'aq
  • Circa: 1992
  • Dimensions: 10" H X 4" W
  • Culture Area: Arctic
  • Cultural Group: Yupik /Yup'ik
  • Cultural Context: -
  • Donor: Sharon Cabaniss
  • Catalog #: 121.032