Wonderful Old Miniature Carved Wooden Doll in Denim with Hand-drawn Face and Gripping Hands petit point on wool with no splits or cracks

with no splits or cracks or chips

Other sides: 11 3/4"

4 3/8" w x 3 3/8" t

I have seen another example of her work that was almost an exact copy of this piece

Wonderful Old Miniature Carved Wooden Doll in Denim with Hand-drawn Face and Gripping Hands petit point on wool with no splits or cracksI've developed a penchant for miniature carved wooden dolls but don't come across many examples. Clothes pin dolls would fall in this category, but I find it hard to find really good ones. What I want is a no fuss sort of spareness; elemental, almost existential feeling, a doll alone in the universe. Just like this one. His whole body appears to have been carved from wood, though I have not tried to strip him of his very excellent denim outfit.