Eskimo Doll by Beulah Oittillian: To Be Posted on E-Bay Soon!

My dear friend, Lisa, in Alaska just e-mailed me photos of the collectable Eskimo doll that Beulah Oittillian just made for our fund-raiser! Beulah's dolls are featured in the Smithsonian Institute and other museums and are highly sought after. Beulah is a native of St. Lawrence Island (40 miles from Russian, 140 miles from Nome). My friend, Lisa, travels to St. Lawrence Island (and many other remote locations) regularly for her work as a public health nurse. This time, Beulah traveled to Nome and brought Lisa this wonderful doll! I'm so glad Lisa took a picture of Beulah with the intricate doll she created for us! Lisa also took photos of the doll itself from many angles.

Lisa wrote this about the doll on her own blog:

Beaulah Oittillian ... has dolls in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C! Her dolls have sold for as much as $1000 each!! ... The white ruff on the top of the hat is made from polar bear fur. The "jacket" is made from walrus intestine. The face, part of the drum/drum stick and hands are all walrus ivory, the eyes are made from whale baling...and I believe the drum head is made from walrus parts..maybe intestines. Bottom part of the clothes are made from seal skin....the shoes are made from sun bleached seal skin. The man is sitting on a walrus vertebrae.

This exquisite little drummer will be placed on E-Bay soon as part of our fund-raiser (if a buyer is not found here first).