Most Wonderful Antique Inuit Doll with Hand-drawn Leather Face ebony and bone they appear to have been

they appear to have been done on cardboard painted cream in a combination of watercolor and gold paint

not noticable unless you are looking for it

I assume) and was gifted to her by her teacher Miss Harwood in 1862

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

Ink on board

Most Wonderful Antique Inuit Doll with Hand-drawn Leather Face ebony and bone they appear to have beenPerhaps 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