Another Beautiful Old Black Folk Art Bottle Doll with Astrican Hair wooden mask or made by someone who

or made by someone who had an unusual perspective on where a dogs eye might go

but what I love most is the way that the shot and eroded away parts of the head and neck/back transform this duck into a fiercer looking creature - like a serpent of some sort

perhaps especially for the beautifully rendered (in graphite) lace collar and cuffs

sweetly detailed across the toe and along the seams

Emblem of friends and lovers true

Another Beautiful Old Black Folk Art Bottle Doll with Astrican Hair wooden mask or made by someone whoAnother from the Rockport, MA estate of the artist, activist and collector Ellen Gabin, who had a special fondness for dolls I found the sister of this one a couple of months ago, then returned to find this one. With wonderful hand embroidered face including huge blue eyes and bright red smile showing a few teeth; to me she seems full of life and also gentleness. Black silk, I believe, with the upper body tightly stuffed and the lower half sewn over a