Handmade Crepe Paper Pilgrim (or Nun?) with Pencil Drawn Wooden Face pink lining which though fairly light in

which though fairly light in weight feels substantial

did not realize that Royal Haeger made some pretty great ceramics in the 1960s and 70s with terrific fat lava glazes

scholar & one-time assistant to Kerouac’s former wife Edie Kerouac Parker

it's a great object just for display

The black paint of her hair and brown of her body has aged and worn some highlighting the knife marks of her carving and revealing green undertones in the paint

Handmade Crepe Paper Pilgrim (or Nun?) with Pencil Drawn Wooden Face pink lining which though fairly light inNo way could I not bring this little woman home, who I found a few days ago in New Hampshire. At first I took her for a nun, but now I think more likely she was meant to be a pilgrim. Her maker did a pretty brilliant job with her crepe paper dress, especially the almost origami like wrap of her bonnet turning into shawl, knotted in the back. There are pipe cleaners under her sleeves for arms, and a wooden torso, animated with this great pencil drawn