SOLD Folk Art Whirligig Man in Polychrome with Red Tin Hat US Playing Card Co Really a wonderful piece that

Really a wonderful piece that exemplifies the all of the best attributes of Northeast Coast native basket making

Graphite and blue crayon

which are attached by nails

or to hold down a pile of papers on a windy day

these have an older Bennington mark

SOLD Folk Art Whirligig Man in Polychrome with Red Tin Hat US Playing Card Co Really a wonderful piece thatI presume this old whirligig was meant to represent a soldier in his bright red painted tin hat with crisp brim at front, but he also makes me think of a train conductor, and in his white outfilt of a baseball player too, so I think he can swing many ways! I especially like the very long blades of his rotating arms, which still turn easily and smoothly, and with one of them touching the ground it seems as if he might be paddling a boat (or a paddle