Relief-carved Heavy Wooden Folk Art Virgo Wall Plaque man in tophat and a lovely table for

and a lovely table for calculating the areas and perpendiculars of various polygons

7 1/2" x 5"

unusual and evocative thing

each is signed (incised) jg on the underside

whether documenting or foreshadowing their fate I am not sure

Relief-carved Heavy Wooden Folk Art Virgo Wall Plaque man in tophat and a lovely table forFor the Virgos out there (or the virgin maidens!) or just for someone like me who loves a folky nude. I purchased this from a seller in England, and believe it is carved of oak, stained and varnished. Virgo is associated with Astraea in Greek mythology the last immortal to abandon Earth when the gods fled to Olympus, hence the sign's association with Earth. The carved "egg and dart" border seems a knowing nod to the ancient Greeks as well, who used it