Brilliantly Hinged Old Carved Folk Art Man sampler on linen and then pencil drawing the

and then pencil drawing the cross of the board

Handmade in Oaxaca

each opening measures about 1 3/4" across at lip

5” × 11” and in very good condition

Brilliantly Hinged Old Carved Folk Art Man sampler on linen and then pencil drawing theSuch a fabulous fellow, to me looking like a bit professorial, and unusually and quite brilliantly hinged at the waist, which makes it easy to take a seat! It looks like he once had arms and surely feet, too, but I think he's just as well without them, such that one only needs to negotiate one moving part! Wonderfully carved head with beak like nose and ears, and what I believe was a combination of ink and graphite drawing the hair, mustache, eyes and