SOLD Very Wonderful Old Carved Folk Art Jointed Figure in Hand-dyed, Hand-sewn Dress old wooden butter paddle though I have no idea

though I have no idea the story behind its making and what it was used for

and in fact I purchased a whole salad set at an estate sale just to get them

I think products of corrugated cardboard backing

It's summer

SOLD Very Wonderful Old Carved Folk Art Jointed Figure in Hand-dyed, Hand-sewn Dress old wooden butter paddle though I have no ideaThis beauty is one of a number of wonderful old carved articulated figures today, this one straight out of an amazing West Coast collection of folk self taught outsider art, and my favorite of all. For me carved figures like are as close to animate as a handmade thing can be, and I always love the process of photographing them a sort of "getting to know you" experience, through which their very individual personalities (and souls, I would say!) reveal