C. 1940s Folk Art Insect Ice Fishing Lure In Brilliant Polychrome (Appendage Losses) diorama Inside pink watercolor border: 8

Inside pink watercolor border: 8 1/16" x 5 9/16"

It measures 21" across by 17" tall

I have not been able to find out for sure when or where the tradition of using oil cloth for dolls began

And it appears that the landscape is painted in oils rather than watercolor

done by manipulating a sooty candle over the surface of a newly painted object

C. 1940s Folk Art Insect Ice Fishing Lure In Brilliant Polychrome (Appendage Losses) diorama Inside pink watercolor border: 8The color and decoration on this one is just fantastic every bit as brilliant in hand, and even better and what wonderful tiered carving of that abdomen! This is a folk art ice fishing decoy lure, c. 1930s 50s I believe, perhaps representing a giant blue and green fly (those eyes!) or wasp??? It took me a bit to notice, but I think there were likely once wings extending from slits in the sides of the thorax, and one wire leg and one antennae were also