Enigmatic Carved Folk Art Bust cow vertabrae extricated only by cutting him

extricated only by cutting him off at the ankles--which was done a but unevenly

Since finding an exquisitely bruised-looking old stone fruit peach

features seated Buddhist figures

who must at some point have been commemorated with their own deck of cards

Enigmatic Carved Folk Art Bust cow vertabrae extricated only by cutting himEvery time I look at this carving, I see it differently sometimes thinking it is a woman represented and sometimes a man; sometimes thinking African American and sometimes thinking it feels a bit Germanic or even Dutch. My best guess is it is a portrait of a black woman, and that the carving is American, but I don't know for sure. In any case, I really like how expressionistic it feels in addition to its elusiveness, which is amplified by the darkness