Old Carving of Old Smiling Woman with Bonnet banded glaze it came from the family

it came from the family estate of seller in Randolph County

I believe a mask like this one would have been used in initiation rituals

I nabbed this painted metal sign just because I liked it

The wooden box shows some loss of veneer along the top edge

though it does not stay there

Old Carving of Old Smiling Woman with Bonnet banded glaze it came from the familyI paid about as much for this little old woman as I am selling her for, but there is no way I could leave her behind that face! Squinting, but wide open. I like how her bonnet reads a bit like a big head of hair, too. I'd like to think she was the carver's mother or grandmother, maybe as she appeared ready to go to church. 5 1 2" tall x 1 3 8" wide x 3 4" deep. There is a small nick in her bonnet from I think quite a while ago, as it, like the rest of