Bright Eyed Large Presumed Inuit Cloth Doll with Embroidered Face on Hide and Yarn Hair baking pan make do in the picture

in the picture

or transcending

I'm guessing 1930s or so

I fell in love with this guy

The paper is a bit brittle and there are a few small tears along the edges: one very tiny torn bit toward the bottom on the left edge and two clean tears that I didn't even notice at first as they pretty disappear when flat--one along bottom edge left

Bright Eyed Large Presumed Inuit Cloth Doll with Embroidered Face on Hide and Yarn Hair baking pan make do in the pictureNo way could I look into her bright eyes and leave this girl behind; I simply have no choice in situations like this, where there is another soul involved! And, stripped of what was likely a hide or fur covered parka though still wearing her beaded moccasins she felt a bit vulnerable. Found in Maine, and I believe Inuit, she has a well stuffed cotton body, hide head and hands, hand embroidered face, and black yarn braided hair. C. 1920s 40s I believe