Exquisite Antique Wood and Hide Inuit Doll, 14 Inches fonts 1 11/16" t x 7/8"

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

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

and the exuberant roses covering the dress of the girl at right

is closely in keeping with traditional 19th and 20th century Inuit whale bone carved shamanic masks used in ceremonial dances

The monochrome palette also makes it feel sort of mid-way between watercolor painting and black and white photograph

Exquisite Antique Wood and Hide Inuit Doll, 14 Inches fonts 1 11/16" t x 7/8"One 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