#44 • Alaska Native Wood, Hide & Fur Doll - Eva Heffle

Part of 2025 AKPM Donated Valuables Auction (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $70.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

An Alaska Native doll, hand crafted from wood, hide, and assorted furs depicts a woman with her birch bark basket, her ulu, and her wares. In a seated position, the doll is signed on the underside c.1986 by the late Kotzebue dollmaker, Eva Heffle (1935-2010), whose work has been housed in the collection of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. Measures approximately 3.25" x 4.5" x 5.5" tall.