Carved Orange Folk Art Lion with Bared Teeth sacks 22 1/4" x 15 7/8"

22 1/4" x 15 7/8"

and all the better for being executed on wood panel

with a tiny bit of loss at the corners

Belgium I found an example of a "mucayi" (hair brush) from the Chokwe culture in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo that is quite similar in shape and scale

Alice Nanogak (Goose) (1925- 2001) was born in the Baillie Islands

Carved Orange Folk Art Lion with Bared Teeth sacks 22 1/4" x 15 7/8"There is quite a rich and diverse history of Pennsylvania folk art lions, the 19th century redware pottery lions of John Bell perhaps most famous of all, but many wonderful interactions, including some marvelous fraktur watercolor versions. I found this small carved and painted wooden lion at a favorite shop in Lancaster Country and presume it's of Pennsylvania too, while channeling a little bit of the Chinese foo dog and a definitely with strong