Beautiful Early Wooden Doll from Salamanca, New York concrete and glass bat standing for its maker

standing for its maker

and on the inside is a message from the American Tobacco Company announcing: "These Lucky Strikes will commend themselves to your critical approval

More concerned with expression than with form

who I have to think was a bit of an eccentric

if he had a body

Beautiful Early Wooden Doll from Salamanca, New York concrete and glass bat standing for its makerI purchased early doll this from a dealer with very wonderful things, and know from a note that it came from Salamanca, New York, located inside the Allegany Indian Reservation, and governed by the Seneca Nation. Whether it is Native American or not I am not certain, but definitely it is an early one, in keeping with early American bedpost dolls. And what a beautiful thing, Shaker esque in its simplicity and perfect proportions, with a fantastic dry