Most Wonderful Antique Inuit Doll with Hand-drawn Leather Face pin prick I just couldn't resist this

I just couldn't resist this handsome fellow with handlebar (or almost) mustache

more and more so the more time I spend with it

feeling a bit Swedish to me

and was born of that trend

from which it could easily be removed

Most Wonderful Antique Inuit Doll with Hand-drawn Leather Face pin prick I just couldn't resist thisPerhaps 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