Triple Ball in Cage Carved Whimsy with Slider Yanomami gathering basket it was purchased from an

it was purchased from an estate in Littleton

walls perhaps painted a deep burgundy and hung with dozens of antique dog portraits in gilded frames

3 1/8" diameter x 2” tall

On one hand she looks--in her long white gown with what one might read as a split up the front--as if about to go to the Oscars (and looks a bit like an Oscar herself

one split on the right side of the chest

Triple Ball in Cage Carved Whimsy with Slider Yanomami gathering basket it was purchased from anBecause I can never resist a good whimsy, and this is a bit of an unusual one, with the top section looking like a little box an enclosed cage of sorts with slide lids on either side. (The sliding sides are actually part of one connected form, which moves up and down.) Three nicely carved balls in the cage below, a carved loop at top for hanging, and a nice dry wood patina to the pine. There is one carved out side at the bottom, I assume a loss but