Exquisite Antique Wood and Hide Inuit Doll, 14 Inches mother dog and puppies and I've come to really

and I've come to really love the effect

with stains and scuffs and alligatoring paint

and I really love how the phrases reveal about the times--in this case with the penmanship phrases seeming to reflect the Second Great Awakening

What makes them most distinctive and interesting to me--in addition to the elaborate framework he constructed around them--are the backgrounds that set them off

I've included a short video for your viewing pleasure

Exquisite Antique Wood and Hide Inuit Doll, 14 Inches mother dog and puppies and I've come to reallyOne 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