Wonderfully Primitive Carved Polychrome Folk Art Madonna with Baby Jesus Bohemian glass vase perched on the corner of

perched on the corner of the drafting table of an artist

Then this great bust of a woman above it

Heavy tin is in good shape

setting off the red

3 1/4" across at base

Wonderfully Primitive Carved Polychrome Folk Art Madonna with Baby Jesus Bohemian glass vase perched on the corner ofSuch a charming wood carved and polychrome painted Madonna, earlyish 20th c. Mexican I believe, who also looks to me very much like a nun, and very much ready to fend off anyone who might want to mess with baby Jesus, who wonderfully floats to the side of her very large hand, as if levitating on his own! I just love the earnest primitiveness of this, down to the very crudely painted faces. At the same time, there is a wonderful scalloping to the front