SOLD Folk Art Gourd Person with Great Carved Face and Twig Arms and Legs! copper print block The drawing just melts me

The drawing just melts me

from what I understand is actually an old nail rake

But it is the painting of the horse at the center of the wall box that really sold me on this--definitely the improvisatory addition of whoever made this many years ago

which suggests use as a letter opener or page turner

Originally a Halloween noisemaker

SOLD Folk Art Gourd Person with Great Carved Face and Twig Arms and Legs! copper print block The drawing just melts meI 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