Long Carved Folk Art Wood Spoon with Monograms and Face, 1910 folk art game marker which also feels to me

which also feels to me like a pure embodiment of curiosity

happily so I think: "He’s the best old dog you ever did see Wherever I go

like a banner

and have to think this one was done by him as well--perhaps in advance of a more polished final version

Long Carved Folk Art Wood Spoon with Monograms and Face, 1910 folk art game marker which also feels to meSatisfying form, substantial weight and nice long handle to this old hand carved spoon, but it is the details that make it: two monograms on the bowl of the spoon, the number 10 on the back of it, plus "America", a strange little alien esque face, the date 5 22 10 [1910 I'm pretty certain], various passages of cross hatching, and one more monogram on the handle. I've been paying attention to old carved spoons lately, as they're really about as central