Wonderful Old Handmade Folk Art Doll with Patchwork Dress folk art snake in a box 9 5/8" x 6 1/8"

9 5/8" x 6 1/8"

I think it's super

persevering with grace and determination through one trial after another

and I'd bet was used by a few generations of kids as a rattle (or bat

Wonderful Old Handmade Folk Art Doll with Patchwork Dress folk art snake in a box 9 5/8" x 6 1/8"One of my favorite dolls I've found between her soulful embroidered face, hand stitched patchwork dress, fabric wrapped legs (those legs made of cornhusk I believe) and floppy bow stitched to one side of her head plus a pink one at her neck, what a lot of love and soul was invested in her, and how singularly beautiful I think she is. Cornhusk dolls have a very long tradition in Native American cultures of the Northeast; I don't believe that's what she