Muscular Large Carved Folk Art Horse on Base front door as if calling across time

as if calling across time to be re-considered at this moment

Nice patina and nice iron nails holding it all together

I think it's an old blue Playskool block under the brown-painted

The Mississippian produced some incredibly effigy vessels in the form of human heads and animals

9 5/8" long x 7 1/8" deep x 1 7/8" tall and in excellent vintage condition

Muscular Large Carved Folk Art Horse on Base front door as if calling across timeI found this one at a show in New Hampshire this past week and think he likely originated somewhere around these parts. Clearly a folk art creation and I really love that one glass eye sits a little higher than the other but the carving of the body has a muscular power to it, amplified the grain of the wood, and carries through from raised ears, to nicely shaped legs and hooves, to cropped tail. And so this horse feels both humble and proud once just