Very Naive and Very Sweet Boy Scout Relief Carved Totem carved wrench one features an orange grid

one features an orange grid

Coil built earthenware with polychrome

with ship wheel in front of him

and also  as wonderful objects to hold in the hands

Deep red paint with white die-cut numbers on wood

Very Naive and Very Sweet Boy Scout Relief Carved Totem carved wrench one features an orange gridFound in Pennsylvania, surely made by a boy scout long ago (c. 1920s 40s I believe) and which I found too earnestly hard trying and full of life to resist. The eagle with its wings spread feels simultaneously humble and proud in a great way, and the carved teeth and nostrils on the creature below (looks rather like a dinosaur!) I think are really are excellent. Lots of sweet old boy scout carved totem poles out there, but less often do I see a relief