Most Wonderful Antique Inuit Doll with Hand-drawn Leather Face ebony and bone where from the late 60s

where from the late 60s to the late 70s he created works in gold

and the taper of the body to two crossed tail feathers add up to making it feel quite sensitively and elegantly done

First published in 1906

Ink on board

A bit of wear to the surface of the interior frame left edge

Most Wonderful Antique Inuit Doll with Hand-drawn Leather Face ebony and bone where from the late 60sPerhaps 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