Curious Small Stone Carved Kneeling Figure wooden hair forks perfectly poised for shelf sitting

perfectly poised for shelf sitting

and then birds

the seam along one hip has separated a bit in one place

Though difficult to photograph

Curious Small Stone Carved Kneeling Figure wooden hair forks perfectly poised for shelf sittingA few weeks ago, I found a stone carved figure in Maine clearly made by the same person as this one, and upon going back to source found this one which I had missed the first time around. With the hair the figure looks female to me, and, especially based on the other (one photo included in pics) think perhaps meant to represent an athlete of some sort, perhaps preparing to get on her feet, push off, and run. I love the sense of poise and latent power