c. Late 19th Century Hand-carved Indigenous Folk Art Doll with Turned Head and Leather and Wool Scrap Clothing cats sign There is old glue holding

There is old glue holding her broken pieces in place and a chip to the corner of her base but she seems stable and in it for the long haul

perhaps one a later mend

81 pages by my count

was proud of her accomplishments

and a gift that keeps on giving

c. Late 19th Century Hand-carved Indigenous Folk Art Doll with Turned Head and Leather and Wool Scrap Clothing cats sign There is old glue holdingI 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,