Curious Old Carved and Painted Folk Art Wall Box with Birds and Hands - or Cacti! jointed wooden man No way could I resist

No way could I resist this sweet pup with jointed legs

and goat with “goat house” to his left (with fabulous weathervane

Wear and paint loss as evident

then a few favorite details

The wooden frame is not brand new but not very old

Curious Old Carved and Painted Folk Art Wall Box with Birds and Hands - or Cacti! jointed wooden man No way could I resistThis one I found in Pennsylvania and find super curious. The painting on the front has a Southwestern flavor, and then on both sides are what look striped sleeved arms ending in hands with pink painted fingernails.. but which one also could perhaps instead take for flowering cacti! And then on the back, two stylized bird with pin pricked outlines that feel very Pennsylvania, making this feel like quite a hybrid thing. 1940s I would think, though