Huge Folk Art Lobster Claw Face! vintage Acoma and especially the bleeding blue

and especially the bleeding blue and black of the eyes

Just shy of 10" in diameter

each 1 5/8" x 3/4" x 3/8" d and in good

This gorgeous box is a fine example of Yosegi-zaiku

with a couple of stray pencil marks on the lower part of the drawing

Huge Folk Art Lobster Claw Face! vintage Acoma and especially the bleeding blueOh the weird and wonderful things people have made! I think of painted lobster claws like this as coastal New England's answer to British vertebrae bone painted in the likeness of John Wesley. I believe this huge hand painted claw likely dates to the early 20th century, and, found in Maine, would guess that is likely where it originated. Really, who doesn't need one of these?! 11 1 8" l x 4 1 2" t x 2 3 8" d and in great condition. It does not seem