Emile Bluteau Brown Duck Canadian Folk Art Sculpture scrap wood frames so not much other than

so not much other than sand would fall through

each cube measures 1 1/16" square

from the primary figures with arms raised

I'd guess the foot itself  is Southeast-Asian in origin and dates to the 1950s or 60s

which is welded to a larger hanger (it all reminds me rather of a ski lift) making it quite easy to hang them from a hook on the wall

Emile Bluteau Brown Duck Canadian Folk Art Sculpture scrap wood frames so not much other thanI really really love the matter of factness of this duck; no more than what it needs to be and seemingly perfectly suited to go for a float and I find that flat expanse of chocolate brown paint weirdly but truly satisfying. It's the work of Emile Bluteau (1931 ?), a well known Quebecois folk artist, who began carving in the late 70s, first birds and then"the human condition in all its moods and shapes" as described by Lyle Elder, a great documenter of