Sweet Old Crate Wood Dancing Doll with Feminine Graphite Drawn Face, Early 20th c. Karin og Aase pin with what appears to be

with what appears to be “MM”  “’78” and VT

What a charmer of a puffin

with additional lessons on shading technique

Wear and light cracking to the surface of the wood consistent with age

Sweet Old Crate Wood Dancing Doll with Feminine Graphite Drawn Face, Early 20th c. Karin og Aase pin with what appears to beA very sweet one, which the graphite drawn face makes me think of as a "her", who was made of Diamond Match crate wood (which dates it to early 20th c.) and appears never to have arms. Her jointed hips and legs make her a dancer, but there's no hole in her back for a dowel; there is some wear around her waist so I think likely there was once a wire there to hold her up by. There is some graphite writing one her chest which probably tells a bit of her