Doll wearing an amautik parka, carrying a child. Female doll has eyes embroidered in black thread and mouth in red, with a slightly protruding nose. Hair of wool is sewn onto the head with ends braided in ponytails. Amautik parka is made from canvas, with embroidered decoration along hem and wrists, and a blue and red belt tied at waist. A light cotton robe with decoration similar to the parka is slung through the belt at back. Doll wears a pink and white gingham skirt over a lace underskirt. Boots are leather, topped with a felt cuff and fur trim. The knit figure of an infant (part b) wrapped in a pink and blue blanket, its facial features embroidered in black thread, rides in a hood pouch attached to the mother’s parka at the neck.

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• Type of Item doll
• Culture Inuit
• Material cotton fibre, wool fibre, skin, hair
• Measurements height 27.0 cm, width 13.0 cm, depth 7.5 cm (part a) height 9.5 cm, width 4.0 cm, depth 3.0 cm (part b)

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• Previous Owner Dianne Newell
• Received from Dianne Newell

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• Made in Nunavut

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• Creation Date before 1970
• Ownership Date before March 9, 2016
• Acquisition Date on March 9, 2016

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• Item Classes textiles
• Condition good
• Accession Number 3159/0004 a-b