Yves Robitaille Carved and Painted Canadian Folk Art Green Bird handmade watch stand with these fantastic thick curling

with these fantastic thick curling grass braids secured with splint loops against a checkerboard splint background

with just light wear to the round

squarely wrapped in what was once I imagine bright red

5 1/2" tall x 4" widest diameter

that there are a good number of Japanese cast iron owls out there

Yves Robitaille Carved and Painted Canadian Folk Art Green Bird handmade watch stand with these fantastic thick curlingI found and quickly sold three birds by Yves Robitaille several months ago, and was happy to go back to the same spot and find one more just now! Robitaille (b. 1939), is a widely collected Canadian folk art sculptor and woodcarver who, though occasionally carving other animals, is known as a bird carver: shorebirds, song birds, hummingbirds, and most every other kind of bird found on at or near lIle dOrleans, near Quebec City, where I believe he