Relief Carved Folk Art Nude in Profile Signed Hemwind antique puzzle ball Loss to wood just about

Loss to wood just about the keyhole

the caption is simply Vologne (in those beautiful block letters) and the title of the opera is handwritten at upper left

Collecting Inuit art would likely be the first thing I'd do if I had the means

I'd guess early-ish 20th century

New York and printed by The New York Lithographing Co

Relief Carved Folk Art Nude in Profile Signed Hemwind antique puzzle ball Loss to wood just aboutA gently, tenderly done folk art relief carved panel, which I love especially for this young woman's voluptuous, sculptural hair do! A lovely face and long neck, too, rendered in profile, conveying a sense of focus, and poise, and determination. With a nicely carved raised frame around her, too, as if she herself were an image, hung like a portrait atop the panel. With some carving to the surface around her head, lending texture, and signed (carved)