Charming Old Wooden Clothespin Figure with Moving Arms shipibo The colored pencil used here

The colored pencil used here ranges from blue to purple to pink to red and while subtle is very readable

with one nice little repair/patch at upper right near the border

with the black painted outlines around the carved eyes and large triangular nose

I have a vague notion that this drawing may have been done by Swedish artist Beata Mårtensson (1880-1956)

Charming Old Wooden Clothespin Figure with Moving Arms shipibo The colored pencil used hereSmall, but wonderful! I assume this sweet little doll was made long ago from a wooden clothespin, the sides of which its maker carefully carved out in order to attach by tiny nail two arms that move up and down, and then drew a little face on too. I'd think it has well over a hundred years on it but remains in fine structural shape, with one nail a tiny bit higher than flush on front but still going through to the back, where there is a thin split in