Bright Eyed Large Presumed Inuit Cloth Doll with Embroidered Face on Hide and Yarn Hair woman in red and the blue is super

and the blue is super saturated and super crisp

Stable and sound and not at all fragile

14 7/8" tall x 4" diameter and in great condition

and certainly it's a fascinating document of its times

together with the strangeness of the foreground

Bright Eyed Large Presumed Inuit Cloth Doll with Embroidered Face on Hide and Yarn Hair woman in red and the blue is superNo way could I look into her bright eyes and leave this girl behind; I simply have no choice in situations like this, where there is another soul involved! And, stripped of what was likely a hide or fur covered parka though still wearing her beaded moccasins she felt a bit vulnerable. Found in Maine, and I believe Inuit, she has a well stuffed cotton body, hide head and hands, hand embroidered face, and black yarn braided hair. C. 1920s 40s I believe