Carved and Intensively Decorated Vintage Wooden Snake wood plane commenting on the sort of

commenting on the sort of performativity required of the artist himself--and perhaps any human attempting to assert any sort of "talent" in the world

but could swing  Scandanavian with some winter berries or a spring tulip or two

I trust you are improving in health

I purchased this piece at the estate sale of gallerist Cynthia Numark Prelack

And I must say it does take some attention to properly match them

Carved and Intensively Decorated Vintage Wooden Snake wood plane commenting on the sort ofThe shape of this snake remind me a bit of that of a boomerang, and the inked black and gold decoration all over feels a bit Aboriginal Australian too, but I don't know for sure where I came from just that I think its a pretty great snake, just the right size to keep on one's desk, or put on someone else's as a surprise! Nicely carved head with open mouth and white teeth inside. 10 1 2" long measured as a straight line from head to tail; 4 1 4" across