About the Artwork
Doll
between 1950 and 1955
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Native american
Inuit
Wood, ivory, caribou and seal skin
Overall: 11 1/4 × 5 1/4 × 2 inches (28.6 × 13.3 × 5.1 cm)
Toys and Games
Indigenous Americas
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Creaser and Miss Jessie Metcalf
59.248
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Markings
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Tag stapled to tail of amautik: G36 $8.50 NRS
Provenance
possibly (The Canadian Handicrafts Guild, branch in Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
1953, purchased by Charles William Creaser [ca. 1898-1965] and Hulda Ward Creaser [died ca. 1970] (Detroit, Michigan, USA) or Jessie Metcalf (active Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1959-present, gift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Creaser and Jessie Metcalf to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Peck, William. "Eskimo Art." Bulletin of the DIA 41, no. 1 (1961): 12-13.
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Inuit, Native American, Doll, between 1950 and 1955, wood, ivory, caribou and seal skin. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Creaser and Miss Jessie Metcalf, 59.248.
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