Vintage Wooden Kokeshi Doll, Japan #350 Shiva Lingam Base metal ear wires

Base metal ear wires

Emerald is the green and Aquamarine is the blue variety of Beryl

and was purchased from an important Canadian bead collector

2 1/2" x 1 7/8" x 7/8"

Young women of a Marriageable Age might adorn their waists with these stunning multi-strand creations to enhance their natural beauty and to draw a potential suitor's eye and attention

Vintage Wooden Kokeshi Doll, Japan #350 Shiva Lingam Base metal ear wiresVintage Wooden Kokeshi Doll, Japan #350 Vintage Kokeshi dolls which are estimated to have been created in the 1960s or 1970s in Tohoku, Japan by multiple artists. Wood is carefully selected to have the right qualities, the round base shape is made with a lathe before hand tools are used to create the finished doll shape. Lastly the doll is painted with pigments and waxed. Because of this no two dolls are alike. Kokeshi dolls have become an icon of