Marvelous Primitive Folk Art Carving of Parent Holding Child dansk teak since auld lang syne

since auld lang syne

About as pure and poignant as it gets

but it certainly looks to have been the go-to stool for many a milking and other tasks too

It is in good condition overall

a great little banding of red and green lines near the top of the blade

Marvelous Primitive Folk Art Carving of Parent Holding Child dansk teak since auld lang syneThis is my favorite object I found at Brimfield, which I purchased from an excellent dealer who had it in his personal collection for several decades. Carved from one block of wood, what a sense of deep connection between parent and child it conveys, specific and universal. I love that the parent appears of no specific gender, and I love the faces and ears! on both parent and child. But most of all I love the dangling legs of the baby, draped around