Vintage Fiber Art offers Doll Marita Dingus Guggenheim Fellowship

Her own art is rooted in what's discarded as junk: old cloth, scrap

metal and leftover packaging — she collects and recycles it all. “I see a

correlation between discarded materials and people of African descent

who were used in the institution of slavery,” she explains. “This whole

idea of discarding human beings is nothing but offers wrong. So I make art from

discarded materials.”

This is a Seattle  artist who has made quite a name for herself! I'm very surprised I found this item in a box lot  at a local auction.

measures
12'' long
7'' wide

condition: as found. good