Wise Looking Man, Old Carved Burl Folk Art Bust hanging slate each captioned at the bottom

each captioned at the bottom in German

two on the smaller

Wood in 1919 in Pennsylvania

and I'd guess some fading to the gray paint

including in a partial headstand

Wise Looking Man, Old Carved Burl Folk Art Bust hanging slate each captioned at the bottomI believe this carving was made by the same person as the burl wolf with bared fangs also listed today, found together and with a similar manner to the carvings, though this guy feels like a calm sage, to counter to wilder instincts! (Specifically, he looks like a judge to me, carefully listening to both sides of the argument. ) Really quite a wonderful carving I think, very expressive face and with the natural form of the burl giving him quite an