SOLD Folk Art Gourd Person with Great Carved Face and Twig Arms and Legs! tabletop picture frame like me (who might also

like me (who might also use it just for drawing angles and straight lines)

and an old lead weight nailed to the bottom

That intense bright red eye lends the perfect punctuation and seems to follow one around the room

I think the troop 16 may be of Danvers

with strings strung through the holes at the ends of his (extra long) arms and legs

SOLD Folk Art Gourd Person with Great Carved Face and Twig Arms and Legs! tabletop picture frame like me (who might alsoI wouldn't have predicted I'd go in for a carved gourd figure, but I think this guy is fabulous, with carved twigs for arms and legs and just the sort of awkward and open face that would make me fall for a carving of any sort. With a cap made from the opposite end of the gourd, which was cut off to expose the legs. (Looking up the skirt one can see the bark was left on most of them.) Great all the way around, with a terrific surface too. 16" t x 5 1