#8a • Elderly Alaska Native Woman Doll - Eva Heffle

Part of March 2026 Fantastic Finds Auction (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $140.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A handcrafted doll depicting an elderly Alaska Native woman sitting with a basket full of sinew. She is attired in a fur parka with a long white fur collar and mukluks. Signed on the underside with the year 1987, and tentatively attributed to 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 2.75" x 4" x 5.5" tall.