Wonderful Tall Primitively Carved Woman with Nailed on Arms baking dishes circa 1960s

circa 1960s

or a hook could easily be made with a piece of wire

clean slice off the front of her base

and for being

especially for those painterly soft green leaves against puffy cloud filled sky reminding me of Arthur Wesley Dow

Wonderful Tall Primitively Carved Woman with Nailed on Arms baking dishes circa 1960sLong and lanky, one might take this carved figure for a male, except that her maker was clearly intent on giving her breasts and, perhaps sometime later, someone used a pencil to give her a subtle patch of pubic hair. Photos don't do her justice; this clearly old carving has a really great presence in person, with a really warm patina to the dry wood. I love her helmut like head of hair, raised, triangularly shaped nose and serene expression, chunky