SOLD Wonderful Folk Art Portrait of Native American Woman on Barrel Lid mourning sailor Wearing the white cotton dress

Wearing the white cotton dress with light blue embroidered trim that I found her in

is a widely collected Canadian folk art sculptor and woodcarver who

One side covers signaling International Morse Code with one flag

The sign itself sits in a groove that runs across the center of a black-painted wooden block/block

with seams holding and no notable holes

SOLD Wonderful Folk Art Portrait of Native American Woman on Barrel Lid mourning sailor Wearing the white cotton dressWhat a beauty, and what wonderful detail on this portrait of a young Native American woman, with marvelous patterning composed of dots and dots inside of dots which also reminds me of Aboriginal Australian paintings. It seems just right to have been done on a cardboard barrel lid (Eaton Candy Co, Cooperstown NY), reminiscent of the painted hide of a drum or shield. Wonderfully graphic from a distance and beautifully detailed from a'near. 13" in