Handmade Vintage Peruvian Chancay Doll tabletop toy painterly rust and creamy white

painterly rust and creamy white swirled glazing

but I think it’s a wonderful object

whimsical yet functional sculpture that could inspire and host all sorts of fantastic ikebana arrangements

or just enjoyed as a gorgeous sculptural object

The lid of this charming soapstone trinket box

Handmade Vintage Peruvian Chancay Doll tabletop toy painterly rust and creamy whiteAt first I believed this amazing vintage doll was a voodoo doll, but I have learned that it is in fact a Peruvian Chancay burial doll. These were traditionally used in the Chancay culture, a pre Columbian civilization located in modern day Peru. The burial dolls were made of woven fabric, typically stuffed with reed or fiber, dressed in gendered garments woven to size, and would usually have tapestry woven faces with dramatic facial features. Believed