Old Carved, Polychromed Wading Bird with Great Form and Surface (As Found) wooden folk art house though also a nice one

though also a nice one to greet each morning

there is some paint loss on one side of some of them

surely) as both guitar and game

Signed on the bottoms but I can't make out the signature

I love the phrase's associations with higher learning

Old Carved, Polychromed Wading Bird with Great Form and Surface (As Found) wooden folk art house though also a nice oneI first thought a stork based on the shape of the head (and that beak seems perfectly poised to dangle a baby!) , but maybe with the black it's a little egret? Whatever the case, quite a great form to it, and hard to beat the surface on the polychrome. Plus a bit of a different disposition on each side based largely on the painting of the eyes, with a bit of baby blue on one side. The tip of one leg missing, but good for hanging on the wall, perhaps