Vintage Carving of Intense Girl with Braids, Presumed Hispaniolan vintage ink drawing shields on short sides

shields on short sides

but when laid on its side it can be positioned however one likes

A fabulous set of old wooden jackstraws

and old wooden boxes

Vintage Carving of Intense Girl with Braids, Presumed Hispaniolan vintage ink drawing shields on short sidesAnother 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