Carved Old Wooden Mountain Man Hermit with Bark accessory which sold for about 50K

which sold for about 50K at auction in 2016

with whimsy-type elements showing the prowess of their makers

MA in a house filled to the brim with a lifetime's accumulation with all sorts of wonderful things

it feels very Asian influenced and a little Art Deco too

and the shell casing is bent where it meets the blade

Carved Old Wooden Mountain Man Hermit with Bark accessory which sold for about 50KI 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