Fantastic Folk Art Ice Fishing Dragonfly Decoy old cloth doll I love the intensity of

I love the intensity of this gaze

our empathy landing most with the youngest I think

my guess is that is Bohemian and dates to the 1920s or 30s

with a cutout edge to accommodate the chimney

like a functional three-dimensional line drawing

Fantastic Folk Art Ice Fishing Dragonfly Decoy old cloth doll I love the intensity ofI was thrilled to find a box filled with several old folk art ice fishing decoys yesterday in Maine, all made by the same person I believe, this dragonfly certainly the most whimsical of the bunch. I'm not an expert on these but I am great admirer of them, and it's none too often one comes across a dragonfly. This one was something of a make do creation, with a spool used for the body and what looks like wooden beads for the head and tail, plus tin