Curious Little Carved Folk Art Articulated Doll with String Tied Joints choker neckace and a few others

and a few others

with the string appearing very clean

To my eye just gorgeous and certainly inspiring one to want to imagine a whole life for our A

I've gone back to the same dealer in Russia three times now to purchase paintings by Chaloi Leonty

But this I think is even more spectacular--a manuscript known as a "commonplace book

Curious Little Carved Folk Art Articulated Doll with String Tied Joints choker neckace and a few othersSuch a funny little one I want to call this a carved baby doll, but with a full head of hair, she seems well beyond the toddler stage! The carving of that hair is quite wonderful, and her carved face, with subtly painted red lips, is too. And a bit funny how she's carved to sit with her legs spread wide. I believe she was likely modeled after a "Frozen Charlotte" china doll a folky homemade version carved of wood. With string ties at her joints and