Most Wonderful Antique Inuit Doll with Hand-drawn Leather Face Manuel Jimenez style behind glass

behind glass

suggesting that it was made to hold something fairly precious

as I've really fallen in love with the genre

Very full of life

2 3/8" in diameter x 2 1/18" t and in good antique condition

Most Wonderful Antique Inuit Doll with Hand-drawn Leather Face Manuel Jimenez style behind glassPerhaps 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