Funny Little Whittled Doll with Painted Face, Cloth Pants inky glaze with its hand-sewn pink cloth

with its hand-sewn pink cloth wrapped ferrule

is now well known as a photojournalist and activist

The larger measures 5 3/8" in diameter and 1 3/8" tall

I'm becoming a sucker for a sweet pin cushion

I believe it was made by Allamakee Pottery in New Albin

Funny Little Whittled Doll with Painted Face, Cloth Pants inky glaze with its hand-sewn pink clothSuch a funny little fellow! And a pretty great one I think, not very skillfully whittled, but full of personality! The painted face, and especially the bleeding blue and black of the eyes, keeps reminding me of the work of the late great Joyce Pensato; like her paintings of Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse, this little doll feels decidedly animate. And while the cloth pants legs feel a bit secondary, I think they are actually the perfect thing; awkward