SOLD Very Wonderful Old Carved Folk Art Jointed Figure in Hand-dyed, Hand-sewn Dress waddell co as found: 5 7/8” x

as found: 5 7/8” x 5 1/8” with a loop at top for hanging

but can be pulled apart as photos show

This fabulous thing

but less pronounced in person

SOLD Very Wonderful Old Carved Folk Art Jointed Figure in Hand-dyed, Hand-sewn Dress waddell co as found: 5 7/8” xThis beauty is one of a number of wonderful old carved articulated figures today, this one straight out of an amazing West Coast collection of folk self taught outsider art, and my favorite of all. For me carved figures like are as close to animate as a handmade thing can be, and I always love the process of photographing them a sort of "getting to know you" experience, through which their very individual personalities (and souls, I would say!) reveal