Faceless love. One of my tiny treasures. This little wooden guy separates at the waist and it must be a match holder. Supposedly made by a Quaker; they don't put faces on their dolls. Why, do you think, would it be sinful to paint on a face?
"Gather ye rose-buds while ye may." Robert Herrick
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I've read several reasons, from being a religious belief that only God can make people, to a vanity reason of not encouraging children to emmulate a painted face of a doll as perfection, to simply a parallel of Pioneer rag dolls created at the same time which were also faceless, due to simplicity.
He's a cute fellow !
I must admit..that some days..or for some reasons..faceless..sounds appealing.
What a tiny treasure.
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