Carved Old Wooden Mountain Man Hermit with Bark vintage Mexican pitcher but there is a compound

but there is a compound effect to having the four together

Arabla Made in Finland on the underside

I purchased this piece

7 1/2" tall and 4 1/2" deep and weighs about 5 pounds

MA that included fine objects from around the world

Carved Old Wooden Mountain Man Hermit with Bark vintage Mexican pitcher but there is a compoundI guess these sorts of men, carved out of (into?) a knotty old piece of wood with bark still on it, are often referred to as mountain men, or wood spirits. I think of this guy as more of a hermit, and in fact he makes me think of Saint Francis in the wild, living at peace among the forest and animals. Though not easy to photograph (he absorbs all the light!), he's quite wonderfully done I think and definitely quite old; the wood is worn smooth with a