Vintage Carving of Intense Girl with Braids, Presumed Hispaniolan clouds >>one (the one with animals

>>one (the one with animals on the cover) features about 12 full pages of lovely penmanship practice along with a few pages with just one line at the top

just an honest and handsome little piece

and the base of the house unscrews to release one's loot

3 3/4" t x 3 3/4" widest diameter

sort of a mystery

Vintage Carving of Intense Girl with Braids, Presumed Hispaniolan clouds >>one (the one with animalsAnother from the estate of an artist, activist, world traveller, collector, dealer and dear friend in Rockport, MA, which I would guess is Cuban, as she travelled there many times, or perhaps Haitian. I love the intensity and focus expressed in that face, and of course her wonderfully carved braids, pulled forward from behind her ears to frame her face. A great one in the company of other carved heads and figures, but with a very strong presence all