Wonderful Antique Folk Art Carved and Painted Figure with Fishing Pole hineysuckle it is not a crack

it is not a crack or chip

in very good shape and super solid structurally

I think whoever made this one had a pretty terrific design sensibility

The box is in excellent overall condition

Wonderful Antique Folk Art Carved and Painted Figure with Fishing Pole hineysuckle it is not a crackI find this very old, small carved figure extraordinarily beautiful, equally in terms of form and fantastically aged surface, with pale yellow paint on the face and gorgeous blue green for the shirt, which still pops. I believe it was probably once part of a whirlygig, with a screw still in the base, which is nailed to the inside bottom of the legs, and via which it would have attached it to a larger structure. The upper body of the figure is attached