Wonderful Antique Folk Art Carved and Painted Figure with Fishing Pole hineysuckle with a bit of darkening/staining

with a bit of darkening/staining around the lip and on the rim of the underside

commenting on the sort of performativity required of the artist himself--and perhaps any human attempting to assert any sort of "talent" in the world

I think whoever made this one had a pretty terrific design sensibility

At least I assume it is a chewing twig

The box is in excellent overall condition

Wonderful Antique Folk Art Carved and Painted Figure with Fishing Pole hineysuckle with a bit of darkening/stainingI find this very old, small carved figure extraordinarily beautiful, equally in terms of form and fantastically aged surface, with pale yellow paint on the face and gorgeous blue green for the shirt, which still pops. I believe it was probably once part of a whirlygig, with a screw still in the base, which is nailed to the inside bottom of the legs, and via which it would have attached it to a larger structure. The upper body of the figure is attached