Relief-carved Heavy Wooden Folk Art Virgo Wall Plaque donkey party with just a very small

with just a very small amount of loosening/loss of the embroidery in a couple of spots (as documented in photos)

with just a few very tiny dark spots

7 1/2" l x 5" w x 4 1/8" t and weighs about 3 1/2 pounds

and though it's certainly lost a few

Relief-carved Heavy Wooden Folk Art Virgo Wall Plaque donkey party with just a very smallFor the Virgos out there (or the virgin maidens!) or just for someone like me who loves a folky nude. I purchased this from a seller in England, and believe it is carved of oak, stained and varnished. Virgo is associated with Astraea in Greek mythology the last immortal to abandon Earth when the gods fled to Olympus, hence the sign's association with Earth. The carved "egg and dart" border seems a knowing nod to the ancient Greeks as well, who used it