Handcarved Vintage Dark Wood Whimsy Chain Australian Aboriginal clapsticks A very sweet little bear

A very sweet little bear he is

In recent years I’ve become a huge fan of the work of many Canadian Inuit & First Nations artists

possibly dating from as early as the late 18th century

I'm having a really hard time resisting little handmade creatures

Handcarved Vintage Dark Wood Whimsy Chain Australian Aboriginal clapsticks A very sweet little bearI've been really loving diving into new genres of things, especially within the realm of folk art, and one of them is carved wooden whimsies like this chain, carved from one piece of wood. I can't even imagine having the ability first to to envision and then execute something like this, but I am so glad there are carvers out there who have and do! I purchased this piece, and two other whimsy chains, from a dealer in Maine, from whom I understand they