Doll

Object/Artifact

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Wrangell Museum

Name/Title

Doll

Entry/Object ID

L1984.006.001

Description

Traveling Tlingit Doll with a carved wooden face, handmade body of buckskin stuffed with boat caulking cotton with preservative. Fully dressed with beaded headdress with rabbit fur strips and white feathers, long black braided yarn for the hair, red & a white beaded necklace and another blue & white necklace and a bracelet. Wearing a white leather tunic, tan leggings and white moccasin. Button robe blanket with eagle design. The eagle design on the dance blanket indicates the royal Clan, this one is a replica of the Tee-qa-ee-dee clan the royal family. This Travelling Doll was made by Marleita Wallace, Tlingit/Tsimshian clan.