Wonderful Old Handmade Folk Art Doll with Patchwork Dress folk art snake in a box but is impossible to read

but is impossible to read now

I believe this is an early telephone pole

persevering with grace and determination through one trial after another

The cat itself was constructed of three layers of wood

Wonderful Old Handmade Folk Art Doll with Patchwork Dress folk art snake in a box but is impossible to readOne 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