Carved Wooden Doll from Dolomite Region with Coiled Side Braids

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10" (25 cm.) One-piece chip-carved wooden head and torso, carved hair with deeply-defined combmarks and side-coiled braids, lightly-tinted complexion on natural wood, painted blue eyes with black upper eyeliner, single stroke brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth, wooden limbs with simple-peg-jointing at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, painted shoes, original costume. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: from the Dolomite region of Italian Alps, early 1900s. Value Points: charming folk art natural of the simply-carved doll.