Wonderfully Inquitive Old Carved Guatemalan Folk Art Figure in Polychrome braided It's constructed just like old

It's constructed just like old cast iron carnival targets

good on their own or grouped in clusters

I'm guessing 1840s or 50s

it couldn't be better

and especially how a sort of ghostly apparition seems visible through the scratching

Wonderfully Inquitive Old Carved Guatemalan Folk Art Figure in Polychrome braided It's constructed just like oldThis guy also came from an estate sale in Saratoga, NY the home of a peace corps worker and world traveller, who spent a lot of time in central and south America. I believe this carving is Guatemalan, and definitely has good age to it, carved of wood with polychrome. He looks very much like an inquisitive traveller to me, perhaps a long wandering pilgrim on a mission. Wonderful face, wonderful green paint, and especially wonderful large hands! 10 7 8"