Carved Old Wooden Mountain Man Hermit with Bark accessory and the curves of the

and the curves of the double banded rim that tops its neck

just great proportions

with a few spots along the left edge (I think probably rubber cement stains) and a couple of small smudges

which sold for about 50K at auction in 2016

again as documented

Carved Old Wooden Mountain Man Hermit with Bark accessory and the curves of theI guess these sorts of men, carved out of (into?) a knotty old piece of wood with bark still on it, are often referred to as mountain men, or wood spirits. I think of this guy as more of a hermit, and in fact he makes me think of Saint Francis in the wild, living at peace among the forest and animals. Though not easy to photograph (he absorbs all the light!), he's quite wonderfully done I think and definitely quite old; the wood is worn smooth with a