Handmade Papier Mache Russian Folk Doll in Lithuanian Costume Brazilian silver bird the cage measures 10" tall

the cage measures 10" tall x 4 1/2" wide x 4" deep

which I'd guess dates to the first half of the 20th century

I really love the painting on this skinny penguin

but do rather them all three in a row or pyramid

head slightly turned and arms positioned at the top of voluminous skirt

Handmade Papier Mache Russian Folk Doll in Lithuanian Costume Brazilian silver bird the cage measures 10" tallI'm really taken with this little papier mache doll, so finely constructed and painted, and with a presence that far exceeds her diminutive stature (she feels rather like a tower of calm and composure!) I've learned that she is one of a set of 16 such dolls, handmade in Russia (in Moscow I believe) in the early 1960s, with traditional costumes representing all of the states of the Soviet Union at the time. She, in shades of white, blue and yellow,