#6a • Seal Gut Parka Doll - Eva Heffle

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

High bid $275.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A handcrafted doll depicting an Alaska Native figure holding a spear and standing on a wood base. The doll is attired in a seal gut parka, animal hide mukluks, plus knife sheath, and fur rucksack. Signed for 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, on the underside, as photographed. Measures approximately 5.25 x 4 x 9.5" tall.