I 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, and those hands could have gripped a bow and arrow, which would give logic to the turn of his head and direction of his gaze, too. His clothing, sewn from a combination of leather and wool scraps, suggests a true folk doll rather than a doll made for the non-Native tourist market. I find him very beautiful, and certainly very much one of a kind.

C. late 19th-early 20th century I believe, with one boot and one beaded eye lost as well likely as some decoration to his mouth; one wool sleeve mostly detached from at the shoulder, and a few holes to that and the leather of his vest too. The wool and leather are both fairly stiff, which makes it challenging to see the construction of his body--clearly his head and torso, and hands and boots are carved of wood, but I believe the arms and legs are likely tightly rolled/wrapped textile, as suggested from pulling up his pant leg (pictured.)

Just as a couple of points of reference, I have included: 1) a photo of a c. 1850 Huron-Wendat carved wooden doll (The Wendat are an Iroquoian-speaking Indigenous confederacy originally from southern Ontario, Canada, today primarily located in Wendake, Quebec, and Oklahoma/Kansas, known as the Huron-Wendat and Wyandot Nation) and 2) a photo of a late 19th century Central Plains, likely Cheyenne doll, in traditional costume, with beaded eyes, made for the tourist market. (Source: Toby Herbst Antiques.)

10" t x 5 1/2" w. Losses as evident and described above but stable and sound and not especially fragile. Miraculously, he will stand up on his own on a flat surface as pictured.