c. Late 19th Century Hand-carved Indigenous Folk Art Doll with Turned Head and Leather and Wool Scrap Clothing seal on rock I purchased it at the

I purchased it at the estate sale of a family of artists who had many wonderful things

was way too good to pass by

11 1/4 x  9 1/2 tail to beak (6 3/4 on the square) x 1 1/8 thick

textures make this feel as much like sculpture as a functional object

and bristles of two colors

c. Late 19th Century Hand-carved Indigenous Folk Art Doll with Turned Head and Leather and Wool Scrap Clothing seal on rock I purchased it at theI have done a fair bit of digging around online since purchasing this doll at an antique show in Connecticut last weekend, but have not placed it definitively. Clearly Native American, my first instinct was from the Plains, and with the thought that he likely once sat on a horse (gripping reins in those beautifully carved hands). I am not certain, though dolls carved of wood, rather than sewn of hide, are more common to the Northeast and Northwest,