Ladies in fur, Traveling Through Time

The Penn Museum holds a variety of dolls from Arctic environs, including those collected by William Van Valin, George Byron Gordon, Captain George Comer, and the Peary Relief Expedition. Most of the items classified as “dolls” are small wooden figures; only a few represent realistic renditions of Ar...

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Main Author: Bruchac, Margaret
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2015
Subjects:
Anthropology
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Arctic
Fenton
Greenland
Peary
eskimo*
inuit
Online Access:https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/1379
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14332/1379
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spelling ftunivpenn:oai:repository.upenn.edu:20.500.14332/1379 2024-02-04T09:57:46+01:00 Ladies in fur, Traveling Through Time Bruchac, Margaret 2015-01-01 application/pdf https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/1379 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14332/1379 unknown https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/1379 113 Department of Anthropology Papers Penn Museum Blog published Anthropology Social and Behavioral Sciences Other 2015 ftunivpenn https://doi.org/20.500.14332/1379 2024-01-06T23:26:36Z The Penn Museum holds a variety of dolls from Arctic environs, including those collected by William Van Valin, George Byron Gordon, Captain George Comer, and the Peary Relief Expedition. Most of the items classified as “dolls” are small wooden figures; only a few represent realistic renditions of Arctic clothing. This Inuit (Eskimo) doll from Greenland (object number 37-14-7) stands out in that she reflects a meticulous level of detail from the minuscule stitching on her kamiks to the precise mode of styling and wrapping her hair to signal marital status. As noted by Monica Fenton in her blog, “The Lady in Furs,” the construction of this doll’s clothing matches the construction of adult Inuit women’s clothing. Who made this doll, and what was her purpose? Her dress is said to represent a married Inuit woman, but does she also represent a specific individual? Whose hair is on her head? How did she make her way to the Museum? Other/Unknown Material Arctic eskimo* Greenland inuit University of Pennsylvania: ScholaryCommons@Penn Arctic Fenton ENVELOPE(161.917,161.917,-74.333,-74.333) Greenland Peary ENVELOPE(-63.867,-63.867,-65.250,-65.250)
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Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Social and Behavioral Sciences
Bruchac, Margaret
Ladies in fur, Traveling Through Time
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Social and Behavioral Sciences
description The Penn Museum holds a variety of dolls from Arctic environs, including those collected by William Van Valin, George Byron Gordon, Captain George Comer, and the Peary Relief Expedition. Most of the items classified as “dolls” are small wooden figures; only a few represent realistic renditions of Arctic clothing. This Inuit (Eskimo) doll from Greenland (object number 37-14-7) stands out in that she reflects a meticulous level of detail from the minuscule stitching on her kamiks to the precise mode of styling and wrapping her hair to signal marital status. As noted by Monica Fenton in her blog, “The Lady in Furs,” the construction of this doll’s clothing matches the construction of adult Inuit women’s clothing. Who made this doll, and what was her purpose? Her dress is said to represent a married Inuit woman, but does she also represent a specific individual? Whose hair is on her head? How did she make her way to the Museum?
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Peary
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