C. 1940s Folk Art Insect Ice Fishing Lure In Brilliant Polychrome (Appendage Losses) 6 inch ruler consuming just the bottom right

consuming just the bottom right quarter of this photomatic

but all the better with a terrific brown paper dust jacket with big red cross drawn in crayon on the front

The cat paintings I really like are ones where the faces seem quite human

4 1/2" deep

C. 1940s Folk Art Insect Ice Fishing Lure In Brilliant Polychrome (Appendage Losses) 6 inch ruler consuming just the bottom rightThe color and decoration on this one is just fantastic every bit as brilliant in hand, and even better and what wonderful tiered carving of that abdomen! This is a folk art ice fishing decoy lure, c. 1930s 50s I believe, perhaps representing a giant blue and green fly (those eyes!) or wasp??? It took me a bit to notice, but I think there were likely once wings extending from slits in the sides of the thorax, and one wire leg and one antennae were also