SOLD Antique Hand-carved Polychrome Santo Nino Holding Orb painted cutout duck I see a lot of

I see a lot of rusty old iron chains in my neck of the woods

Plus lovely hand-colored sword handles on a handful and a bird

and there are a couple of small patches of loose stitching--on one side of the head and on the side of one knee

with really a fantastic surface

3 1/4" t x 1 7/8" w & d

SOLD Antique Hand-carved Polychrome Santo Nino Holding Orb painted cutout duck I see a lot ofAs you likely know by now I have a penchant for things with a certain awkwardness about them which I find to be marvelously the case with this antique carving of Santo Nino (baby Jesus), whose head is very large in proportion to the rest of his body, and who looks as much like an old man (or woman) as a child to me, though admittedly this is often the case. Clearly, he has also lost an arm, which perhaps held a scepter, but he still has his orb in