Exquisite Antique Wood and Hide Inuit Doll, 14 Inches mother dog and puppies 3510 Made In USA" on

3510 Made In USA" on one side

with stains and scuffs and alligatoring paint

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

The board itself is gorgeously painterly green gouache or watercolor on cream paper or board

or sometimes "persuader"--likely dates to the early 19th century

Exquisite Antique Wood and Hide Inuit Doll, 14 Inches mother dog and puppies 3510 Made In USA" onOne 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