"Long time ago, she was a graduate student. One day she was presenting to a number of professors in her department, one of which was an internationally recognized luminary in his field. Scared yet well prepared, she started talking about her research. A few seconds in, the luminary interrupted her and said: “Stop waving your hands. Just do not move them. You are giving me a headache with those Italian moving hands”. Ashamed, she moved her hands under the desk and forgot what she was presenting."
 
Vintage doll, gold acrylic, cotton, brass, bones, 1950s mother of pearl bead, ostrich feathers, glass beads, wood.
6" x 13" x 5"