Wonderful Old Handmade Folk Art Doll with Patchwork Dress handmade wooden boat --hand thrown porcelain lidded vessel

--hand thrown porcelain lidded vessel

While his arms were left handless

now with a nice patina

perhaps especially

perfect capital font for the word

Wonderful Old Handmade Folk Art Doll with Patchwork Dress handmade wooden boat --hand thrown porcelain lidded vesselOne of my favorite dolls I've found between her soulful embroidered face, hand stitched patchwork dress, fabric wrapped legs (those legs made of cornhusk I believe) and floppy bow stitched to one side of her head plus a pink one at her neck, what a lot of love and soul was invested in her, and how singularly beautiful I think she is. Cornhusk dolls have a very long tradition in Native American cultures of the Northeast; I don't believe that's what she