Beautiful Early Wooden Doll from Salamanca, New York concrete and glass bat if he had a body

if he had a body

and on the inside is a message from the American Tobacco Company announcing: "These Lucky Strikes will commend themselves to your critical approval

There is a water stain over the left edge of the pale pink Peony near the bottom

casting one eye at us while the other is already on the other side of this broken fence

standing for its maker

Beautiful Early Wooden Doll from Salamanca, New York concrete and glass bat if he had a bodyI purchased early doll this from a dealer with very wonderful things, and know from a note that it came from Salamanca, New York, located inside the Allegany Indian Reservation, and governed by the Seneca Nation. Whether it is Native American or not I am not certain, but definitely it is an early one, in keeping with early American bedpost dolls. And what a beautiful thing, Shaker esque in its simplicity and perfect proportions, with a fantastic dry