Module 2 • Geology: Inupiat Ioitqusiat Dressed for the Weather
Teacher Notes 2-4a
Beulah Ottillian is a prolific doll maker. She always creates dolls that are engaged in activities, and this one is a drummer. The jacket is a traditional “rain jacket” made from walrus intestine. The drum is carved from walrus ivory with an intestine covering. The mukluks are made in the traditional style out of sealskin and seal fur. The head band and parka trim are beaver fur. The doll’s face is ivory with baleen inlaid eyes. The doll is mounted on an old seal vertebra.