Enigmatic Carved Folk Art Bust cow vertabrae it would be especially great

it would be especially great at the center of a table with a potted orchid

held together with these gorgeous

extricated only by cutting him off at the ankles--which was done a but unevenly

features seated Buddhist figures

complete with pin cushion on the underside of the lid

Enigmatic Carved Folk Art Bust cow vertabrae it would be especially greatEvery time I look at this carving, I see it differently sometimes thinking it is a woman represented and sometimes a man; sometimes thinking African American and sometimes thinking it feels a bit Germanic or even Dutch. My best guess is it is a portrait of a black woman, and that the carving is American, but I don't know for sure. In any case, I really like how expressionistic it feels in addition to its elusiveness, which is amplified by the darkness