Unusual, Very Old, Nearly Two Foot Tall Pine Whimsy with Interlocking Moving Parts anatomical The cut tin wings make

The cut tin wings make me think a bit of ice fishing decoy

and the sun's a cheerful shade of yellow

Clarinetist 9 1/2" t x 5" w x 5" d

Though I have found no other examples of the work

Perhaps this lovely woman was preparing to sit for James Whistler

Unusual, Very Old, Nearly Two Foot Tall Pine Whimsy with Interlocking Moving Parts anatomical The cut tin wings makeNot an easy one to photograph as it stands almost 2 feet tall, but quite a wonderful, and definitely unusual, whimsy, unlike any I've seen. With a square base (it stands on its own) and tapering to a round bulb at top, it features four "cages" of sorts: one with with a squarish "ball", one with a "+" inside that slides up and down, and two with carved parts that extend well outside the cages, one straight across, the other in all four directions.