Curious Old Amish Rag Doll with Lost Face agate moon and star overhead

moon and star overhead

to its little wooden legs

I know this small bowl was purchased from a large private Native American collection in northern New Mexico

or of the ceramic sculptures of Magdalena Suarez Frimkess--both of which enhance my love for her greatly

Curious Old Amish Rag Doll with Lost Face agate moon and star overheadCurious and unusual, just the way I like them! This definitely appears to be an old Amish doll to me, and the clothes most certainly arebut its an anomalous one for having (the remnants of) a face, which Amish dolls typically do not, in keeping with the Biblical commandment against graven images and belief that all are alike in the eyes of God. It looks as though the facial features were once embroidered on then ripped out years later, with the cloth