Evocative Old Hand-sewn Doll Body with Wooden Arms and Many Mends vintage wooden figurine " "Honest Use of Materials"

" "Honest Use of Materials" and "Changes in Modes of Living"

Nicole old write paint

or a bureaucrat

5 1/2" x 3 1/2" and in good antique condition

I'd probably keep it on the coffee table and use it for serving small treats

Evocative Old Hand-sewn Doll Body with Wooden Arms and Many Mends vintage wooden figurine " "Honest Use of Materials"I just couldn't resist this one, who lost her head (I believe likely a Minerva type German tin one) along the way but which I find all the better without one. I just love the patchwork of grain sack bust giving way to carved wooden arms, pink abdomen, plaid underwear of sorts, and blue purple stocking legs, embroidered with what look like mushrooms or umbrellas or arrows down the side. Plus all sorts of mends and reinforcements. Quite a thing! Early