Most Wonderful Antique Inuit Doll with Hand-drawn Leather Face pin prick I wouldn’t have known to

I wouldn’t have known to look for this

We have killed our pig

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

I do believe most likely 18th c

feeling a bit Swedish to me

Most Wonderful Antique Inuit Doll with Hand-drawn Leather Face pin prick I wouldn’t have known toPerhaps 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