Handmade Crepe Paper Pilgrim (or Nun?) with Pencil Drawn Wooden Face pink lining who in addition to teaching

who in addition to teaching promoted his method of “Semi-Angular” penmanship in a series of copybooks that also contained ornamental exercises

which is now gone

curious round face and these great big hands out front

I don't believe it is very old (I found another with the same fox and a pewter lid being sold online by a German importer)

Another example of an Inuit carving that exhibits dual natures even while assuming the most pared down of forms

Handmade Crepe Paper Pilgrim (or Nun?) with Pencil Drawn Wooden Face pink lining who in addition to teachingNo way could I not bring this little woman home, who I found a few days ago in New Hampshire. At first I took her for a nun, but now I think more likely she was meant to be a pilgrim. Her maker did a pretty brilliant job with her crepe paper dress, especially the almost origami like wrap of her bonnet turning into shawl, knotted in the back. There are pipe cleaners under her sleeves for arms, and a wooden torso, animated with this great pencil drawn