SOLD Folk Art Gourd Person with Great Carved Face and Twig Arms and Legs! hair momento Of substantial scale and heavy

Of substantial scale and heavy but hollow on the interior (made using a mold I believe) with a bright pink felt pad on the bottom

which it comes with

The gentleness with which the figure holds the seal seems to me almost akin to as if holding a child

and then this marvelous mane

this is a "Pastoraali" pattern large porclain vase designed by Esteri Tomula for Arabia Finland c

SOLD Folk Art Gourd Person with Great Carved Face and Twig Arms and Legs! hair momento Of substantial scale and heavyI wouldn't have predicted I'd go in for a carved gourd figure, but I think this guy is fabulous, with carved twigs for arms and legs and just the sort of awkward and open face that would make me fall for a carving of any sort. With a cap made from the opposite end of the gourd, which was cut off to expose the legs. (Looking up the skirt one can see the bark was left on most of them.) Great all the way around, with a terrific surface too. 16" t x 5 1