Most Wonderful Antique Inuit Doll with Hand-drawn Leather Face Manuel Jimenez style Stable and sound and not

Stable and sound and not very fragile

or a donut turner yet

41 3/8" l x 4 1/8" t x 1 5/8" d

suggesting that it was made to hold something fairly precious

Most Wonderful Antique Inuit Doll with Hand-drawn Leather Face Manuel Jimenez style Stable and sound and notPerhaps my favorite doll I've ever had, and I love a folk doll. This one is Inuit, late 19th c. or so, I believe, with the arms replaced at some point it appears, but otherwise all original, and very solid and sound. Of course the face breaks my heart hand drawn eyes, brows, and straight line of a mouth on hide with the hide cinched together to form the nose, and then a hand stitched seam running down from there like a scar. But also this beautifully