Featured Little leather doll... NA or First Nations?

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  1. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

    Picked up this little leather doll at the thrift store ($1.99). Only about 4" tall. Made of deer(?) hide, with deer fur, and yellow felt. The baby is a little plastic bead. Any insights? Age?
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    verybrad, Aug 2, 2023
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  2. Lucille.b

    Lucille.b Well-Known Member

    Looks like the felt was cut with pinking shears if that tells us anything. Thinking vintage at least, as it appears to be real fur. Eskimo made? I'm definitely not an expert so wait for others.
     
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  3. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

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    maybe Greenland Inuit.....?

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    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

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  6. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

    The fur looks like seal.
     
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  7. Mark London

    Mark London Well-Known Member

    It does look like sealskin and caribou hide but iy isn’t jumping out at me. Sorry.
     
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  8. verybrad

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    verybrad, Aug 3, 2023
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  9. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    looks like Alaska then....
    hard to pin down age...but I'd venture 50's..60's
     
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