Enigmatic Carved Folk Art Bust cow vertabrae and comes off entirely

and comes off entirely

who must at some point have been commemorated with their own deck of cards

A curious little whimsey

Since finding an exquisitely bruised-looking old stone fruit peach

complete with pin cushion on the underside of the lid

Enigmatic Carved Folk Art Bust cow vertabrae and comes off entirelyEvery time I look at this carving, I see it differently sometimes thinking it is a woman represented and sometimes a man; sometimes thinking African American and sometimes thinking it feels a bit Germanic or even Dutch. My best guess is it is a portrait of a black woman, and that the carving is American, but I don't know for sure. In any case, I really like how expressionistic it feels in addition to its elusiveness, which is amplified by the darkness