Elaborately Beaded Miti Bharat Shrifal (Coconut), Gujarat India matador doll "The Hobby Man"

"The Hobby Man"

opening all the way out with some pressure then holding tight

with a somewhat different character to his face on each

5 1/2" x 3 1/4"

Elaborately Beaded Miti Bharat Shrifal (Coconut), Gujarat India matador doll "The Hobby Man"This one I had to use a google image search to identify, as I really could not place it; I purchased it for the beauty of the beadwork, reminding me somewhat of late 19th century Native American beaded birds and the like. I've learned that it is, I believe, from Gujarat, on the Western Coast of India, where beadwork is called moti bharat, and I think an example of "Shrifal" beading covering a coconut (Indeed, the interior is hard and has the weight