Sangeet, the Pied Piper of Hamelin

Sangeet: Hindi for "Musician"

~~AWARDS~~
First Prize at the Colorado Springs El Paso County Fair

~~SALE STATUS: NOT FOR SALE~~

THE INSPIRATION FOR SANGEET:

What inspired me the most for Sangeet was the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Here is an excerpt from the famous Robert Browning Poem:

"Come in!"—the Mayor cried, looking bigger:
And in did come the strangest figure!
His queer long coat from heel to head
Was half of yellow and half of red;
And he himself was tall and thin,
With sharp blue eyes, each like a pin,
And light loose hair, yet swarthy skin,
No tuft on cheek nor beard on chin,
But lips where smiles went out and in—
There was no guessing his kith and kin!
And nobody could enough admire
The tall man and his quaint attire:
Quoth one: "It's as my great-grandsire,
Starting up at the Trump of Doom's tone,
Had walked this way from his painted tombstone!"

He advanced to the council-table:
And, "Please your honours," said he, "I'm able,
By means of a secret charm, to draw
All creatures living beneath the sun,
That creep or swim or fly or run,
After me so as you never saw!
And I chiefly use my charm
On creatures that do people harm,
The mole and toad and newt and viper;
And people call me the Pied Piper."
(And here they noticed round his neck
A scarf of red and yellow stripe,
To match with his coat of the selfsame cheque;
And at the scarf's end hung a pipe;
And his fingers, they noticed, were ever straying
As if impatient to be playing
Upon this pipe, as low it dangled
Over his vesture so old-fangled.)
"Yet," said he, "poor piper as I am,
In Tartary I freed the Cham,
Last June, from his huge swarms of gnats;
I eased in Asia the Nizam
Of a monstrous brood of vampire-bats..."

As you can see, Sangeet does match the description, with her pale blonde hair and beautiful blue eyes. Her clothing is a motley grouping of red, pink, yellow, and tinge of purple. At her waist she wears a belt of wool that was hand-spun by my sister, which was then braided with multi-colored yarn. Dangling from it is a mixture of oriental coins and pastel gypsy bells, and two roses, one a tan and the other purple, rest above the belt. Her entir outfit is handstitched and is sewn directly onto the doll. Her skirt splits up the middle in the front, and her bodice piece is hand-beaded to match her wristlets, which are also hand-beaded onto the doll. Her hair is top-quality yarn that has been carefully unravelled and braided with more multi-colored yarns. Her gold pipe is lifted to her lips while a sash holds it around her neck. Her bare feet show her life as a wanderer.

The doll's hands were stitched by hand and firmly grip the pipe. Her face was carefully colored with pencils by me. She is posed as a sitting doll (she looks wonderful against stone). This doll was made with love and at this time IS NOT FOR SALE. This was mainly to give you, dear reader, an idea of my work. Comments are lovely and I would love to hear your opinion about Sangeet. You can either comment here or E-mail me at: slumbermoonsfancy@yahoo.com for doll updates. I am making other dolls currently and you can recieve progress updates if you are interested in purchasing them in the future.

~~UPCOMING DOLLS~~

The Pheonix (unnamed)

African Princess (unnamed)