Wooden Cutout Dutch Girl with Fantastic Surface tacks box but still very clearly our

but still very clearly our little Mary

There were a ton of these “I’m the Guy” pinbacks were created in the 1910s as a promotion for Hassan Cigarettes

of a sprig of a branch with a few furling leaves

3 5/8" tall x 3 1/4" at widest diameter

with its terrific orange and dark blue banded Art Deco style decoration against green body

Wooden Cutout Dutch Girl with Fantastic Surface tacks box but still very clearly ourThere are definitely a good number of old folk art Dutch girls and boys out there, but I've never seen one with a surface nearly as great as this. It seems maybe a mix of paint and crayon and varnish and I'm not sure what all, but coming together now just right. Two hooks at bottom, I guess once used to hang keys, but which are now a bit deformed twisted, so really she's just her own thing. There is a hole at the center of her hat via which one could