Exquisite Antique Wood and Hide Inuit Doll, 14 Inches fonts Weighs 3 lb

Weighs 3 lb

1 11/16" t x 7/8" wide and deep and in good condition

1960s-1970s or so

and keep scooping up boxes of old ones when I find them

It appears to have been framed not very long ago--mounted on tannish-cream board and in what looks like a burl wood frame

Exquisite Antique Wood and Hide Inuit Doll, 14 Inches fonts Weighs 3 lbOne of the most beautiful Inuit dolls I've ever seen or dolls, period and quite an old one, late 19th c. Greenland Inuit I think, and, I believe, what would be considered a "collector's doll" made by a skilled doll maker for sale. Such a wonderfully carved, sensitively detailed face, with head that will turn side to side; body sewn of seal skin and, it appears to me, stuffed with what looks to be white fur, I believe seal as well. Perhaps he once wore