Smiler P. 1969 Folk Art Carved Head with Message Underneath banded decoration but with its solid black

but with its solid black ground also looks really sharp against crisp white bedding

Flag itself measures 12 1/8" t x 18" w

who also looks a bit like a polar bear

and used to teach children the identities of many various kachinas (spirits) observed by the people that Pueblo

" it looks to me

Smiler P. 1969 Folk Art Carved Head with Message Underneath banded decoration but with its solid blackHow to resist this strange, smiling fellow, aptly named Smiler P? Looking rather as if about to speak some secrets of the universe, it seems no great surprise to find a cryptic message handwritten on the underside of the base "no evil or nasty brains in this head so don't abuse it don't forget to get it don't forget" Dated January 16, 1969, one might think it was carved while its maker was under the influence of psychedelics of some sort, who knows?!