Okay I'm an oil painter of wildlife.  BUT . . . .

My dolls are selling!  Y E S ! ! !   Have not had them to a show, yet.  Have not advertised them, yet.  Just started in May of 07 but they are selling and I have 3 at the grand opening of Standing Bear Museum.  I was trying to build an inventory for a show but they keep leaving.

It started as a hobby - something to do with my hands while in front of the TV at night when hubby needs company.  (If my hands are not busy, they put food in my mouth.)  These are hand carved, wooden, No Face Indian dolls.  No Face dolls exist in many American Indian cultures from various materials: Sioux make them of leather, Navajo make them of cloth, Iroquois make them of corn husk and on and on.  (Kachinas by the Hopi are carved wood but display ceremonial masks.)  I love carving these dolls. 

No Face dolls have one universal theme: vanity.  They are not created as toys but rather cherished "companions" that teach tradition and entertain with folklore.   

I would love to show you some but have not learned to work URL to upload into this section.   They can be seen on my web site www.rousart.com on the page bearing their name and on the "Sold" page.  

Will load to my gallery on this site as temporary.

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