Nice Form, Nice Patina, Good For Everything Antique Primitive Wooden Stool monkey puppet There are 2 light linear

There are 2 light linear scrapes on the shoulder that read white

I don't always know when I find them

I've since learned  these types of fertility figures are made by the Sambura people of Kenya and that she is probably just a couple of decades old

and then the back to back repetition of certain letters- SSS

I love blocks of all sorts

Nice Form, Nice Patina, Good For Everything Antique Primitive Wooden Stool monkey puppet There are 2 light linearAnother week, another old stool, this 19th century primitive one a perfect pedestal for a grouping of old carved wooden things. It looks from the underside as though it might once have been clad in light blue paint, but very few traces remain; instead, a nice warm dry pine patina. Found in mid coast Maine. 14 1 4" l x 6 1 4" d x 5 7 8" t. Very sturdy and sound. Some darker spotting on a portion of one long side as documented.