Wonderful Old Miniature Carved Wooden Doll in Denim with Hand-drawn Face and Gripping Hands wax steak so I am pretty certain

so I am pretty certain it was made as a finial or perhaps even a cabinet pull

At one time there would have been carved horn handles attached

and definitely unusual

or someone close to him

Wonderful Old Miniature Carved Wooden Doll in Denim with Hand-drawn Face and Gripping Hands wax steak so I am pretty certainI've developed a penchant for miniature carved wooden dolls but don't come across many examples. Clothes pin dolls would fall in this category, but I find it hard to find really good ones. What I want is a no fuss sort of spareness; elemental, almost existential feeling, a doll alone in the universe. Just like this one. His whole body appears to have been carved from wood, though I have not tried to strip him of his very excellent denim outfit.