Folk Art Pelican with Fish in Mouth organic 24” l x 2 3/4”

24” l x 2 3/4” widest x 1 1/8” d and apart from the loss to the wooden bit at the end in very good condition

which it could still

no chips or cracks

I think I'd hang it on the wall from the head

which from what I understand were an early took for teaching spelling in school

Folk Art Pelican with Fish in Mouth organic 24” l x 2 3/4”I'm usually finding carvings of shorebirds around here, so was happy to find this migrated pelican the other day in Maine, looking so exotic! In his long beak he holds a little painted wooden fish, the tail end of which looks to be lost but that seems fairly appropriate. Nicely color, satisfying swirly paint for the wings, and on a great solid wood base. Unsigned. 7 11 16 t X 5 1 4 w (measured on the square). 3 5 8 x 3 1 8 d base. Very good overall