Marvelous 1970 Kenyan Painting of Kikuyu, Signed Walter Alex Ngigi antique head shorts and boots

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or paws or

I'll make good Fairbank Lard

designed to be heard at long distances to signal distress or in the event of a fire or gas leak

Another little piece of Americana: I do believe the carved (whittled) head on this old folk art letter opener was meant to represent Abe Lincoln

Marvelous 1970 Kenyan Painting of Kikuyu, Signed Walter Alex Ngigi antique head shorts and bootsI found this fantastic painting in New Hampshire, but have no idea how it got there, as both the painter and the subject are Kenyan. Perhaps it was purchased, or given as a gift to a fellow student or teacher of the artists at the Technic Institute in Nairobi the address of which is noted on reverse who brought it back to the states. I have no idea, but what a portrait! Drawn in pencil along the top edge of the painting one can just make out Kikuyu