Puzzling Old Interlocking Whimsy Carving antique dog photographs There is enough depth to

There is enough depth to the bowl to make it useful for serving

though I find it hard to think that anyone wearing such a fabulously bold yellow vest wouldn't have a fun-loving and adventuresome nature just waiting to bust out

for me to see that--I was just lost in the strangely balletic/poignantly awkward gestures

with some toning/staining visible around the unpainted perimeter but not much visible on the painting itself--just a little in the pale blue sky

Puzzling Old Interlocking Whimsy Carving antique dog photographs There is enough depth toI've been living with this one awhile so as to enjoy it and puzzle over it! before parting with it. My pondering was on whether it is actually composed of two tightly interlocking pieces of wood or was just incised on the surface to give that illusion but I've now learned that indeed this was a carpenter's trick, and so this a carpenter's whimsy. I love it as a very satisfying physical object (there is absolutely no wiggle between those two pieces;