SOLD Folk Art Gourd Person with Great Carved Face and Twig Arms and Legs! hair momento which it comes with

which it comes with

I believe these date to the 19th century and represent a mix of ivory and whale bone

all highly covetable

and some surface wear to the highest points of the carving (i

Of substantial scale and heavy but hollow on the interior (made using a mold I believe) with a bright pink felt pad on the bottom

SOLD Folk Art Gourd Person with Great Carved Face and Twig Arms and Legs! hair momento which it comes withI wouldn't have predicted I'd go in for a carved gourd figure, but I think this guy is fabulous, with carved twigs for arms and legs and just the sort of awkward and open face that would make me fall for a carving of any sort. With a cap made from the opposite end of the gourd, which was cut off to expose the legs. (Looking up the skirt one can see the bark was left on most of them.) Great all the way around, with a terrific surface too. 16" t x 5 1