Curious Carved Folk Art Face / Mask with Blue Glass Eyes, Signed B. McInnis Bickerton gift for boater that I just couldn't resist

that I just couldn't resist it

but finding it quite an interesting

Happily this was sent to a Miss Hazle Bray of Bridgton Maine more than 100 years ago--and I do hope she said yes

I’ve found a handful of other carvings out there signed W

I do hope Ada came home eventually

Curious Carved Folk Art Face / Mask with Blue Glass Eyes, Signed B. McInnis Bickerton gift for boater that I just couldn't resistLike many I am listing today, this carved face came from the Rockport, MA estate of the late Ellen Gabin, an artist, activist, world traveler, friend and great inspiration to me when I was just get started with Critical Eye Finds. It is signed B. McInnis Bickerton on the back, which has lead me nowhere definitive, but I think it is possible the Bickerton refers to Port Bickerton in Nova Scotia. In some ways seeming to reference Inuit masks, but I