Unusual, Very Old, Nearly Two Foot Tall Pine Whimsy with Interlocking Moving Parts anatomical and then rounded on the

and then rounded on the bottom to sit nicely on whatever surface one might choose to display it

so was happy to find a few more this past weekend--I think they're just gorgeous

Clarinetist 9 1/2" t x 5" w x 5" d

The cut tin wings make me think a bit of ice fishing decoy

Though I have found no other examples of the work

Unusual, Very Old, Nearly Two Foot Tall Pine Whimsy with Interlocking Moving Parts anatomical and then rounded on theNot an easy one to photograph as it stands almost 2 feet tall, but quite a wonderful, and definitely unusual, whimsy, unlike any I've seen. With a square base (it stands on its own) and tapering to a round bulb at top, it features four "cages" of sorts: one with with a squarish "ball", one with a "+" inside that slides up and down, and two with carved parts that extend well outside the cages, one straight across, the other in all four directions.