Surreal Feeling Antique Santos in Pink Paint 1930s svengali trick cards leaf and bird design may

leaf and bird design may the most exquisite among them

and about 1/4 of an inch thick

I found these two in Ohio and

making this feel like nothing less than an existential drama

with her seated body itself feeling rather like a bowl for the bowl resting in her lap

Surreal Feeling Antique Santos in Pink Paint 1930s svengali trick cards leaf and bird design mayA bit of a strange one, with a sort of sweet eerie vibe, feeling a bit like a child possessed! The effect of the paint loss on the head is to make the figure appear as if blonde, which together with the pink cheeks and lips and pink painted body, makes this child feel almost albino. I love the strangeness, down to just the one stub of an arm remaining, which does still move, and will hold raised to the side. With quite a finely carved head, including