SOLD Very Old Carved Wooden Doll Head with Old Paint and Wire Loop Earrings primitive bowl on the reverse

on the reverse

To my eye such beautiful things

with surface patina (including some grime that could be cleaned off though I wouldn't touch it) and what feels like some softening to its edges from handling

6 7/8" x 6 1/2" x 1 7/8" and in very good antique condition

and with a wonderful presence

SOLD Very Old Carved Wooden Doll Head with Old Paint and Wire Loop Earrings primitive bowl on the reverseFound yesterday in Maine, and clearly a very old one, which I assume would have been sewn onto a cloth torso, perhaps with carved wooden arms and lower legs sewn onto that. Beautifully worn and aged, with deep carving for her hair and some old paint still hanging onto wood, particularly the black of her eyes and pink of her cheeks. And then these wonderful wire loops for earrings. Old, old, with a terrific pursed expression on her face. 2 3 4" t x 2 1