Description: Vintage Doll by Premier Yupik Doll maker. This vintage doll is a museum quality piece. Yupik Doll made by a master.Jenni Margaret Konakpek (Margaret Abraham). The Ruff and Mukluk trim and Kuspuk is fur from Land Otter the head trim hand fur is wolf.(Margaret Abraham) is a Yupik Eskimo from the village of Bethel (and Others) , Alaska. She comes from a multi-generational family of artisans. Her brother and uncles are well-known Yupik mask carvers and Margaret is an accomplished doll maker following in her mother’s artistic tradition.Margaret uses natural materials including fur, leather, fish skin, bone and cottonwood to create dolls that depict the Yupik village way of life. She handcrafts doll Doll faces in her original carvings, dressing them in Kuspuks. Braided Hair. Margaret crafts the doll’s faces, hands and feet from cottonwood found in the Bethel region. Margaret was honored with a Rasmussen Foundation Folk and Traditional Arts Artist Fellowship Award in 2007 to continue creating dolls, mukluks, yo-yos, and baskets. Don't be fooled by the mass of cheap imitations. Check the size matching the body with Parkas and Kuspuks. Size and presentation exact.
Price: 225 USD
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
End Time: 2024-09-19T21:22:42.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Origin: Hooper Bay
Original or Reproduction: Original
Tribal Affiliation: Yupik
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Handmade: Yes
