Strange Creature! Curiously Beautiful Presumed Mid-Century Hand-Carved Modernist Animal soft painting Sold as found with lots

Sold as found with lots of pins in it

which could never be knocked down

a sailor's weapon

using house paint on plywood

it is in excellent condition

Strange Creature! Curiously Beautiful Presumed Mid-Century Hand-Carved Modernist Animal soft painting Sold as found with lotsA curious creature! What it is meant to be I am really not at all sure. And where it came from I'm not sure either, though I think perhaps Danish modern. An interesting mix of awkward and elegant, feeling a bit like a submarine on four legs, but somehow its proportions adding up to feel quite right and quite resolved. And I must say that this creature, a but surprisingly to me, really holds its own, complementing everything I place near it. 6 1 2" x 4