Round Ball in Cage Inside of Cage Carved Whimsy native south american while teaching at the Harlem

while  teaching at the Harlem Art Center and working at the New York branch of the WPA graphics division

of course is easy to remove if one prefer to put something more personal in its place

Really a very special little piece

8" long x 2 3/4" deep x 1 3/8" tall

Round Ball in Cage Inside of Cage Carved Whimsy native south american while teaching at the HarlemIt seems possible that this whimsy was carved of some sort of nut pod (one sometimes sees Brazil nut podscarved into whimsy rattles), but this is quite different I'm not sure. At any rate, a pretty unusual one, all the better for the fact that you can roll it around! The cage inside the larger cage moves rolls around inside it, as does the ball inside of it, a little bit! 2" x 1 3 4" and in good shape, with little carved marks all over, original to it