Folk Art Wooden Submarine with Metal Fins for the outdoorsman creating a fantastic play of

creating a fantastic play of stripes and angles

3 3/4" long x 2 1/8" wide x 1 11/16" tall

effortlessly emerging at some point from this sheet of muted green paper

made of beautiful olive wood

I am not certain of its origin--the palette and design feels rather Scandinavian

Folk Art Wooden Submarine with Metal Fins for the outdoorsman creating a fantastic play ofBetween its form and its fabulous handcut metal fins, this old handmade wooden submarine reminds me very much of folk art ice fishing lures, but there is no iron weight on its underside, so I think maybe it's just its own funky thing? It was constructed of two pieces of wood, nailed to one another all the way around with nice fat nails, and then more nails holding on the various super folky rudders and what not. At either end is a hole, which makes