Wild Hand-sewn Leather Piecework Large, Headless Doll Body with Open Arms! interlocking puzzle I haven't been able to

I haven't been able to figure out the artist behind this painting

or perhaps she

Some hairline cracking to the wood consistent with age

who wanted to nestle herself into it--and there's a nice loop formed as the cat looks straight out at her while also holding her under foot

definitely not younger than that

Wild Hand-sewn Leather Piecework Large, Headless Doll Body with Open Arms! interlocking puzzle I haven't been able toA weird and wild one, which I find amazing and perhaps Halloween season is the right time for it, though I really find this doll body quite tender, with these wide arms seeming all about delivering a big, exuberant hug! I understand from the seller that the leather piecework patchwork body was made by an artist who worked in leather and came from his estate. I don't know more than that, but the leather itself is heavy, and beautiful, and skillfully