Evocative Old Thumb Sucking Carved Figure in Pink Pajamas danish modern brooch to be incorporated as front

to be incorporated as front and back panels of a Kuna woman's blouse

I'm not sure if it was a kid or an artist who made it (it is signed S

and someone more knowledgable that I has dated it to the late 18th century or so

Really just a lovely little piece

This sterling silver vintage pin is marked D'Molina

Evocative Old Thumb Sucking Carved Figure in Pink Pajamas danish modern brooch to be incorporated as frontAs someone who sucked her thumb for more years than I might do well to admit, this one may especially speak to me personally, but I think there is something pretty universally relatable about the simple self soothing gesture this carving articulates, in a wonderfully elemental way. The wear to the polychromed surface, and to the features of the face especially, make it all the better and more existential feeling I think, and what I take for pink