Large Expressively Carved Cat, Presumed Carribean hand-crafted box Another folk art animal with

Another folk art animal with a great face

I believe there were once two more and a matching salt shaker

and once one has done so

Really no losses at all that I can see

but looks great and really a fun one

Large Expressively Carved Cat, Presumed Carribean hand-crafted box Another folk art animal withPerhaps no better subject for a folk carving than a cat, as there are so many different cat aspects to capture. This carving I believe is likely Haitian or Cuban, given the nature of the wood and collection it came from. The diagonal lines carved into the eyes make it feel especially as if staring straight at, and into, one's soul, and enhances its steadfast seeming nature a cat not to be moved, also a bit owl like in its compactly perched stoicism. 6