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

It is a 10 hole Transverse

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

Really just a lovely little piece

Altogether a very sweet and rather magical little thing to find a special spot for

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