Primitively Carved, Jointed Man with Great Face phoenix brush Widely collected by museums

Widely collected by museums

Nice patina too

but it is well stuck on and I'm leaving it alone

easily done I think

It is made of wood and the bark appears to be real

Primitively Carved, Jointed Man with Great Face phoenix brush Widely collected by museumsLove at first sight with this guy, who lost the toe on one foot along the way and looks perhaps to have once gripped something with one hand, but otherwise is very much better for his age and is very amenable to posing all sorts of ways, including standing up straight on his own. It's his face I love most, with these two very deep holes for the eyes, looking as if burrowed out with an old square nail, and the fainter suggestion of a large, wide nose