Ultra Primitive 19th Century Carved Clothes Pin Form Doll with Expressive Face and Super Rich Patina

This wonderful little carved clothes pin form doll came out of the same collection as a a small carved pine figure and a carved dog also listed today--a collection of folk objects carefully and thoughtfully built by a couple in Michigan over many years with tastes aligning very much with my own. I purchased them from an Ohio based dealer at the Rhinebeck show, and would have scooped up everything he had acquired from their collection if I could have. Given the form, I am guessing he was whittled down very long ago from a longer (and larger than usual) hand-carved clothes pin as a make do doll of sorts--all 19th century, certainly. About as "primitive" as it gets, with very tender and expressive face, which to me feels both hopeful and vulnerable. To my eye and sensibilities, a very beautiful thing. 

4 11/16" x 1 1/8" x 1 1/8". Very good antique condition, very rich patina, will stand on his own on a flat sirface.