Most Wonderful Antique Inuit Doll with Hand-drawn Leather Face ebony and bone First published in 1906

First published in 1906

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

where from the late 60s to the late 70s he created works in gold

Ink on board

Most Wonderful Antique Inuit Doll with Hand-drawn Leather Face ebony and bone First published in 1906Perhaps 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