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Ethel Washington was born in 1889 and died in 1968.

Her Inupiaq name was Napatuktoo.

She started making dolls, in the Eskimo skin sewing tradition,
to sell to people in Kotzebue Alaska in the 1930's.

Her work is legendary and was so meticulous that she could make only a few dolls each year,
hence their great rarity.

The faces are hand carved from birch.

For more information on Ethel Washington see:
Ethel Washington: The Life and Times of an Eskimo Doll Maker
(Alaska Historical Commission studies in history: 31)
by Basil Hedrick (former director of the University of Alaska Museum).

Lovely set of Eskimo dolls "Eskimo Family" by Alaska's greatest doll maker Ethel Washington She put a lot of extra work into the mukluks, they are amazing. The dolls are in fine condition and exhibit some of her finest work. They are about ten inches tall. email me at dick@AlaskaWanted.com for details



	Ethel Washington was born in 1889 and died in 1968. Her Inupiaq name was Napatuktoo. She started making dolls, in the Eskimo skin sewing tradition, to sell to people in Kotzebue Alaska in the 1930's. Her work is legendary and was so meticulous that she could make only a few dolls each year, hence their great rarity. The faces are hand carved from birch. For more information on Ethel Washington see: Ethel Washington: The Life and Times of an Eskimo Doll Maker (Alaska Historical Commission studies in history: 31) by Basil Hedrick (former director of the University of Alaska Museum).