Colorfully Painted Folk Art Carved Wooden Figure with Cloth Covered Wire Arms painted color wheel While I can't say for

While I can't say for certain it is that old

which I think would be great filled with nuts or shells or little treats

with a bit of cloudiness to the black lacquer on the front of the box and a little bit of cracking to the lacquer on the underside of the box near the bottom edge

Maine has a lovely variegated copper sheen

really--this airborne donkey looks

Colorfully Painted Folk Art Carved Wooden Figure with Cloth Covered Wire Arms painted color wheel While I can't say forSuch a curious one! I don't really know a thing about the origins of this carved and painted figure, but really I love it, and while I don't think it is terribly old, I do think it was made very much in the tradition of antique carved folk art dolls, which it closely follows from the form of the carved body, to the carved face and hat, to the cloth wrapped wire arms. And then this pastel hued wonderful paint job, which seems perhaps to roll in some