Handmade Papier Mache Russian Folk Doll in Lithuanian Costume Bohemia glass not simply for the tourist

not simply for the tourist market

watching him walk will

I first grabbed this wooden egg for its beautiful exterior

which would be equally great placed on the table or hanging on the wall

Handmade Papier Mache Russian Folk Doll in Lithuanian Costume Bohemia glass not simply for the touristI'm really taken with this little papier mache doll, so finely constructed and painted, and with a presence that far exceeds her diminutive stature (she feels rather like a tower of calm and composure!) I've learned that she is one of a set of 16 such dolls, handmade in Russia (in Moscow I believe) in the early 1960s, with traditional costumes representing all of the states of the Soviet Union at the time. She, in shades of white, blue and yellow,