Enigmatic Carved Folk Art Bust cow vertabrae extricated only by cutting him

extricated only by cutting him off at the ankles--which was done a but unevenly

who must at some point have been commemorated with their own deck of cards

A curious little whimsey

Since finding an exquisitely bruised-looking old stone fruit peach

features seated Buddhist figures

Enigmatic Carved Folk Art Bust cow vertabrae extricated only by cutting himEvery time I look at this carving, I see it differently sometimes thinking it is a woman represented and sometimes a man; sometimes thinking African American and sometimes thinking it feels a bit Germanic or even Dutch. My best guess is it is a portrait of a black woman, and that the carving is American, but I don't know for sure. In any case, I really like how expressionistic it feels in addition to its elusiveness, which is amplified by the darkness