Curious Old Amish Rag Doll with Lost Face american drawings light scattered stains and a

light scattered stains and a few tears along the left edge of the paper

Every inch of it shows the keen commitment of the "Simms" who signed it (in 1953) to capture every detail of the scene

Dating from around the late 19th century

the wonders of which are well described on the back side of the can

but altogether in good shape

Curious Old Amish Rag Doll with Lost Face american drawings light scattered stains and aCurious and unusual, just the way I like them! This definitely appears to be an old Amish doll to me, and the clothes most certainly arebut its an anomalous one for having (the remnants of) a face, which Amish dolls typically do not, in keeping with the Biblical commandment against graven images and belief that all are alike in the eyes of God. It looks as though the facial features were once embroidered on then ripped out years later, with the cloth