#96

American Carved Wooden Folk Doll with Carved Hair and Sideburns
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$1,300
sold
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Description
20" (51 cm.) One piece carved wooden head and torso with over-sized head,elongated throat,sculpted black center-parted hair with long sideburns and comb-marked detail,sculpted ears,painted large brown outlined eyes,small pointy nose,closed mouth,pin-jointing at shoulders and hips of short wooden arms and legs,wearing velvet trousers,maroon wool jacket with collar and tie,straw hat. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: American,19th century folk art model; the doll has been archived at the Cleveland Museum of Art since 1937. Value points: fine original condition of the charming wooden folk doll.