**Originally Listed At $400**

First Nations, Northern Canada, Nunavut, Pond Inlet, Inuit, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-made stone and leather doll of a man dressed in traditional winter clothing with a fringed leather and cotton parka and a fur trimmed hood, likely rabbit, and leather pants. His body is composed of cotton stuffed with a dense filling, and his boots, mitten hands, and head are separate pieces hand-carved from soapstone then attached to the leather and cloth limbs. A paper tag around the ankle has a hand-written label that is the artist's name: "Lydia Akumlik, Pond Inlet." Size: 12" L x 4.5" W (30.5 cm x 11.4 cm)

Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010

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Insect activity and insect encrustations on the parka hood fur. We recommend professionally cleaning this piece and storing in a protective case. Losses and active flaking to fur trim and light discoloration and staining to leather.