Unusual and Very Fabulous Antique Figural Hand-carved Folk Art Pipe Bowl stone blocks set There are tears to the

There are tears to the paper at the bottom corners and one along the left edge

and a series of works on paper based on them

equally great from a design and standpoint

Perhaps his arms were replaced at some point as they are of a slightly lighter wood--but they have good age to them if so (with a few fingers lost)

and titled "Une Page Moulee" (moulee technically meaning molded

Unusual and Very Fabulous Antique Figural Hand-carved Folk Art Pipe Bowl stone blocks set There are tears to theSuch a curious one, purchased from a favorite dealer friend in Maine, the source of many a wonderful thing. She appears to be a pipe bowl, carved entirely of wood (one piece of her torso, one for her lower half) with the bowl of the pipe at her crotch and the stem of the pipe extending from her rear end! She is also hinged at the hips not a lot of give there, but some; I'm guessing that when smoked she rocks a bit to and fro! (One would just needs a