Saila 18-inch Inuit doll from Iqaluit Nunavut in Canada's Arctic
saila 18-inch Inuit doll from Nunavut
saila 18-inch Inuit doll from Nunavut in box
flat of saila's starter outfit
saila 18-inch Inuit doll from Nunavut
saila doll journal pages
Saila 18-inch Inuit doll from Iqaluit Nunavut in Canada's Arctic
saila 18-inch Inuit doll from Nunavut
saila 18-inch Inuit doll from Nunavut in box
flat of saila's starter outfit
saila 18-inch Inuit doll from Nunavut
saila doll journal pages

Saila Doll, Outfit, Story Journal, and Keepsake Box

Regular price $125.00 CAD
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Saila's outfit blends contemporary style with her proud Inuit heritage. Her gathered neck t-shirt with an embroidered maple leaf gets an added layer of warmth from the zip-up vest. She wears dark blue jeans and on her feet she has traditional kamiik  with embroidered felt socks.

This premium quality doll is 46cm (18 inches) tall has a soft, huggable body and poseable arms and legs. Her eyes open and close.  She has dark black-brown hair, brown eyes and medium dark complexion.

Saila's 64-page story journal has 3 versions included: English, French and Inuktitut!  The journal expands to include the extra journal pages that come with each outfit.  The journal includes an extensive glossary as well as a sections with questions, blanks and prompts so you can tell your story too!

A brush is not included with the doll and story journal. To keep the hair on your Maplelea Girl looking its best, we highly recommend the use of a brush with bristles that are made of metal and have rounded ends.  Our KM8 Maplelea brush is especially designed for use with these dolls.

Everything is enclosed in a beautiful, newly re-designed keepsake window box that you can use to hold Saila's accessories. 

  • Shop Her Accessories

    Over two years of extensive research went into the creation of Saila Qilavvaq. Visit our blog to LEARN MORE about the process behind bringing this Inuit character to life.

    • Saila doll
    • t-shirt
    • vest
    • jeans
    • kamiik (boots with embroidered felt socks)
    • story journal
    • keepsake storage box with window
  • Maplelea is proud to present a diversity of dolls that reflects Canada's multicultural population!
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Saila 18-inch Inuit doll from Iqaluit Nunavut in Canada's Arctic

Saila Doll, Outfit, Story Journal, and Keepsake Box

Regular price $125.00 CAD
Sale price $125.00 CAD Regular price
Unit price

Meet Saila Doll, Outfit, Story Journal, and Keepsake Box

Hi!

My name is Saila Qilavvaq and I live the furthest north!

My home is in Iqaluit, Nunavut. I speak English and Inuktitut and am proud of my Inuit heritage. I love wearing my traditional amauti, kamiik and Pang hat, and eating country foods, pizza and my grandma's bannock and crowberry jam.

Our family likes to go to our camp in all seasons. In summer when the ice is gone, we travel up the coast by boat, and in winter we all pile into the qamutiik that Dad pulls with the snowmobile.

Someday I would like to be a fashion designer and create modern clothing with an Inuit flair! I am so excited — I am getting a new puppy! He is almost all white and so I named him Nanuq, which means polar bear.

Extensive research went into the creation of Saila. Visit The Making of Saila page to learn more about the process of developing our Maplelea Girl from Nunavut.

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Ellen Johnstone
Saila

My granddaughter wanted a friend for Alexi and chose Saila but she isn’t getting it until her BD in May. Love the quality of the dolls, the care taken in making them and the clothes and the researched stories of their life in Canada. Happy to support a Canadian Company. 😊🇨🇦👍

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Courtnie Preble
Beautiful Doll

What A Beautiful Doll I Love Her She Is Gorgeous❣️

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PENNY POTEET

Love the doll and all the accessories

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Alberta Alston

I truly love her

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candy olson
Saila

My new doll is beautiful. Great quality, soft luxurious hair, lovely eyes. The journal is an added treat. Not sure if I'll be writing in it, as I'm 79 years old, and too many choices for answers! I've never lost my love for dolls, and she will be a special part of my collection.