Weird and Wonderful Folk Art Carved Vertebrae (?) Bone Bat! portrait frame he looks to me poised

he looks to me poised perhaps for other things

and there is a small unpainted hole on the back of his right pant leg

One small chip on the cow's back left foot and it is missing one horn (just noticeable when viewed head-on

Really a nice one

Weird and Wonderful Folk Art Carved Vertebrae (?) Bone Bat! portrait frame he looks to me poisedThis crazy and I think pretty amazing thing! Its a bat, but appears to have been carved from what I think must have been a lumbar vertebrae, I would guess from a cow. One hole was drilled through for the eyes and a slit for the beak, and Im not quite sure what other interventions! The whole thing was stained and mounted to a wooden panel, which has a good amount of age. Pretty excellent, and though Ive seen a few other folk art creations made of