Nice Form, Nice Patina, Good For Everything Antique Primitive Wooden Stool monkey puppet would have attached to the

would have attached to the corner from the back

and then the back to back repetition of certain letters- SSS

I've since learned  these types of fertility figures are made by the Sambura people of Kenya and that she is probably just a couple of decades old

especially in the face between those painted pink cheeks and very blue eyes and red pursed mouth and very long forehead

There are a few breaks in

Nice Form, Nice Patina, Good For Everything Antique Primitive Wooden Stool monkey puppet would have attached to theAnother week, another old stool, this 19th century primitive one a perfect pedestal for a grouping of old carved wooden things. It looks from the underside as though it might once have been clad in light blue paint, but very few traces remain; instead, a nice warm dry pine patina. Found in mid coast Maine. 14 1 4" l x 6 1 4" d x 5 7 8" t. Very sturdy and sound. Some darker spotting on a portion of one long side as documented.