Fantastic Large Handmade Folk Art Doll with Hand-carved Head, Hands, Feet ofak and incised marks to individuate

and incised marks to individuate fingers

they really are one of the best things ever made

It's done on a grey paper mounted to board and dated 5/74

In addition to being simply gorgeous

Fantastic Large Handmade Folk Art Doll with Hand-carved Head, Hands, Feet ofak and incised marks to individuateIncredible! Exceptionally crafted from head to toe, and I find this old doll tremendously expressive and fantastically beautiful; really, he just breaks my heart. The head, hands and feet legs up to the knees are all super sensitively hand carved and painted, his wool shirt and pants beautifully tailored, and then white woolen undergarments underneath (I have not tried to remove his clothing underneath; photos show what I can easily see.) Other than