Old Folk Art Carving of Woman with Great Face, Bangs, and Bonnet antique Indian animal The signature is close to

The signature is close to the one Mårtensson used she to sign her ceramics

The ball is a tight fit but does move

these are especially good for sign painting and lettering

” clearly has lots of wisdom to impart

likely dates to the 19th century

Old Folk Art Carving of Woman with Great Face, Bangs, and Bonnet antique Indian animal The signature is close toThe face on this woman totally kills me, and all the more so as framed by razor straight bangs peeking out from her bonnet and big bow neatly tied at her chin. Just completely earnest and open, and clearly a heart felt, hard trying effort on behalf of the carver who made her, quite some years ago. I have a tendency to talk to inanimate objects, and she is definitely one with whom I think I'd hold a lively ongoing conversation! She's substantial in