Marvelous Primitive Folk Art Carving of Parent Holding Child lock and key buttons to me his face has

to me his face has a bit of a Spanish Colonial feel

which doesn't jump out but is visible if looking for it

I especially love the loss of paint on the face of this one

with the features playfully rendered in black ink dots and line

6 1/4" x 8 3/4" x 3/4"

Marvelous Primitive Folk Art Carving of Parent Holding Child lock and key buttons to me his face hasThis is my favorite object I found at Brimfield, which I purchased from an excellent dealer who had it in his personal collection for several decades. Carved from one block of wood, what a sense of deep connection between parent and child it conveys, specific and universal. I love that the parent appears of no specific gender, and I love the faces and ears! on both parent and child. But most of all I love the dangling legs of the baby, draped around