Charming Old Carved Man in Green Jacket with Bowtie American folk art carving a country"

a country"

were lost at sea

but has plenty of years of use in it yet

I may especially love this Inuit piece because the expressions and postures of the two figures remind me EXACTLY of photographs of my older brother and I playing in the snow when we are kids

woven I'd guess 150 years ago or so of iron strips of varying lengths and widths

Charming Old Carved Man in Green Jacket with Bowtie American folk art carving a country"A little loss to the brim of his hat, but who cares? such a charmer I think, and this little imperfection just adds to what I read as a sense of anxious eagerness and vulnerability, as if he has a wedding ring in one of those pockets and is about to pop the question! The features on his face were carved in relief, as were his ears, and collar and wonderful little bowtie, then white and green and black and reddish pink paint on top. 6 3 4" t x 2 3 4" w