Sweet Old Crate Wood Dancing Doll with Feminine Graphite Drawn Face, Early 20th c. Karin og Aase pin which I love for their

which I love for their bold

though it seems quite possible those eye brows and lashes and lips were enhanced along the way

which for me transforms it into a sort of fossilized sculpture

I'd be inclined to keep it nearby to use for herding human companions

which I believe dates to the end of the 19th century

Sweet Old Crate Wood Dancing Doll with Feminine Graphite Drawn Face, Early 20th c. Karin og Aase pin which I love for theirA 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