Kokeshi

Sometimes while I'm out I'll get lucky and find some tiny little Japanese treasure. I love Kokeshi dolls, geisha, nesting dolls, Dahla horses, basically bright colored wooden toys of any nature, but kokeshi are my favorite in the group. These little guys are only an inch high, and their heads bobble. Mom and I found them at an estate sale in a box with other little trinkets. The man saw our interest and gave us the whole box for only a few dollars. Since these are vintage they are worth a few dollars a piece. We did not pay that much. That was a great day, it's the same estate sale I found my little turtle bank. The little geisha picture they are sitting in front of I found at another junk store for .79 cents. I spray painted the frame from yellow to white (much better). It makes for a cute vignette doesn't it?