Evocative Old Thumb Sucking Carved Figure in Pink Pajamas danish modern brooch and someone more knowledgable that

and someone more knowledgable that I has dated it to the late 18th century or so

to be incorporated as front and back panels of a Kuna woman's blouse

This sterling silver vintage pin is marked D'Molina

Altogether a very sweet and rather magical little thing to find a special spot for

It is a 10 hole Transverse

Evocative Old Thumb Sucking Carved Figure in Pink Pajamas danish modern brooch and someone more knowledgable thatAs someone who sucked her thumb for more years than I might do well to admit, this one may especially speak to me personally, but I think there is something pretty universally relatable about the simple self soothing gesture this carving articulates, in a wonderfully elemental way. The wear to the polychromed surface, and to the features of the face especially, make it all the better and more existential feeling I think, and what I take for pink