Double Faced Hand-carved Folk Art Jig Figure numbered checkers board An absolutely wonderful image I

An absolutely wonderful image I think

notably at the bottom left edge of the radio

) but they could also anchor a mantle pretty well or lend a certain festiveness to most any table

resting on a few nails

and this wear certainly suggests it was hung and seen

Double Faced Hand-carved Folk Art Jig Figure numbered checkers board An absolutely wonderful image IThis is another one that photos don't do justice; it is hard to get proper lighting on the face(s) and body at the same time, but in person the details of the faces are quite clear. And of course that is what makes this one really great the head rotates, allowing it to switch back and forth between two distinct personalities. I take one face as meant to be male (short hair, wide mouth) and the other (curls framing a beatific face with pursed lips)