Fantastic Old Carving of Woman with Long Hair and Tiny Hands hand-formed pottery While still great for spices

While still great for spices

against a painterly pale pink ground

plus the little ball in cage at one end

Or it could just sit around looking cute

Her teachers included Stig Lindberg

Fantastic Old Carving of Woman with Long Hair and Tiny Hands hand-formed pottery While still great for spicesOne of my very favorite carvings I've had, and quite an old one, found in Maine and made of pine I believe. For me, it all hinges on those tiny tiny hands, clasped just below her waist, exactly where her long cloak of hair ends, and exactly where her skirt splits, falling in waves on either side and revealing the underskirt below and quite undermining any sense of primness. When I found her she immediately made me think of Donatello's Mary Magdalene.