Excellent Folk Art Carved Alligator, Signed, 1971 unusual sewing box but my interest in buying

but my interest in buying

as described in the press release for an exhibition of his original drawings at Vermont’s  Brattleboro Museum & Art Center

Really a super sweet little thing

mostly around edges

much more charming

Excellent Folk Art Carved Alligator, Signed, 1971 unusual sewing box but my interest in buyingA note on the underside of this carved alligator informs us that it won 3rd place in the Douval County Fair, Jacksonville, Florida in 1971 which must have been a fierce competition, as how could this wonderful guy not take take top prize??! It's maker carved a fancy monogram there too, which suggests he or she was pretty proud of it, and also makes me think it was not their first carving. Great carved scales all down its back, and tiny white teeth