Boxers in the Ring with Arms Swinging, Mid 20th Century Carved Folk Art Construction pointing figures exemplifying

exemplifying

I think never used

There is some scratching to the plate and the outline of this gentleman's profile almost disappears

one looking like a fort set high atop a cliff

) Sight: 10 13/4" x 9 3/8"

Boxers in the Ring with Arms Swinging, Mid 20th Century Carved Folk Art Construction pointing figures exemplifyingI've got an obsession with representations of boxers, boxing matches, boxing rings a brutal sport, but also I think a beautiful one, as elemental and also existential as it gets. I've had a few carved push button boxing toys over the years, but this the first full blown folk art construction of a pair going at it inside a ring. One arm of each of the boxers will move manually, and both arms of the man in silver shirt. Platform, posts, and figures