Very Old Carved Folk Art Jig Doll with Marvelous Patina handmade pin cushion There is a crack in

There is a crack in the slate itself

and nothing better to my eye than a super folky portrait of three playful kittens

and all the more so with 70 or so years on it

based on the color

one can see through the black blob a bit to what it is concealing

Very Old Carved Folk Art Jig Doll with Marvelous Patina handmade pin cushion There is a crack inIt's been a very long while since I found a beautiful antique carved jig figure, so a total joy to find this very old one at Brimfield, in an unexpected place, as if he'd just been waiting for me. As purely primitive as they come, with the best untouched, very dark dry wood surface. There are two holes on the sides of his torso suggesting he may one have had arms, but it so they've been gone a very long time. The jointed legs, connected by wire, end