c. Late 19th Century Hand-carved Indigenous Folk Art Doll with Turned Head and Leather and Wool Scrap Clothing black hat which to me is just

which to me is just right the right scale

And its small scale makes it seem especially miraculous for it to have survived 200 years

white feather crown (with yellow behind

Photos do no justice to this one

with a rough upper edge from where it was sewn and some scattered spotting

c. Late 19th Century Hand-carved Indigenous Folk Art Doll with Turned Head and Leather and Wool Scrap Clothing black hat which to me is justI 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,