Carved Old Wooden Folk Art Head on Block curlicue basket The outfits and colors are

The outfits and colors are great

) I've got him on the make-do stand I found him on--an iron post with a wooden base--but he is easily removed to be hung on the wall

as he stares wide eyed (those blue blue eyes

would be 1895

One example of late are antique friendship paintings of flowers: a wonderful study of variations on a theme

Carved Old Wooden Folk Art Head on Block curlicue basket The outfits and colors areThis old carved head, with deep and warm dry wood patina, has a bit of an Inuit feel to me; I'm not sure that's the case, but it has that sort of elemental, no fuss purity. There is a nail metal post extending from the neck; I found it stuck into a newish painted piece of wood base, but thought this old block a bit more in keeping, so re positioned it (and easy to do so again if you like.) Including base: 3 3 4" tall. Head itself: 3" t x 2 3 8" w x 1