Curious Carved Folk Art Face / Mask with Blue Glass Eyes, Signed B. McInnis Bickerton antique carved book I believe allowing for tightening

I believe allowing for tightening once filled

and he looks to me like he is shrugging

or like a porcupine protecting the stash hidden inside the slide top box

weighing in at a little over 3 pounds each

which I don't think detracts at all

Curious Carved Folk Art Face / Mask with Blue Glass Eyes, Signed B. McInnis Bickerton antique carved book I believe allowing for tighteningLike many I am listing today, this carved face came from the Rockport, MA estate of the late Ellen Gabin, an artist, activist, world traveler, friend and great inspiration to me when I was just get started with Critical Eye Finds. It is signed B. McInnis Bickerton on the back, which has lead me nowhere definitive, but I think it is possible the Bickerton refers to Port Bickerton in Nova Scotia. In some ways seeming to reference Inuit masks, but I