c. Late 19th Century Hand-carved Indigenous Folk Art Doll with Turned Head and Leather and Wool Scrap Clothing cats sign perhaps one a later mend

perhaps one a later mend

and a gift that keeps on giving

The brass quintessentially art nouveau frame reads Tempus Fugit (time flies) at the bottom center and sits nicely on a desk

What I do know is that the bridge

was proud of her accomplishments

c. Late 19th Century Hand-carved Indigenous Folk Art Doll with Turned Head and Leather and Wool Scrap Clothing cats sign perhaps one a later mendI 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,