Graphite and Watercolor Schoolgirl Portrait: Blanch, c. 1873 kewpie doll the Yanomami are an indigenous

the Yanomami are an indigenous tribe located in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil and Venezuela

but  would also make an excellent frame for a mirror

and I love it when still

which is essentially the same as pick-up sticks)

but I think left the best of all behind

Graphite and Watercolor Schoolgirl Portrait: Blanch, c. 1873 kewpie doll the Yanomami are an indigenousFour of these I found together, only one of them dated on the back, locating them all I think in 1873. It seems they may each have been done by a different school girl each with a different name signed to the back, as well as a different subject named on the front. (Perhaps collected by a teacher?) A customer recently noted to me that naive drawings of this sort make her heart beat faster and the same is true for me, just pure joy, and also offering a