Evocative Old Thumb Sucking Carved Figure in Pink Pajamas painted wood owl mid-century I might guess

mid-century I might guess

The message written on the backside (in great hand-writing

When fully open

Great for filling with favorite rocks

to slippers on the rug next to the bed

Evocative Old Thumb Sucking Carved Figure in Pink Pajamas painted wood owl mid-century I might guessAs someone who sucked her thumb for more years than I might do well to admit, this one may especially speak to me personally, but I think there is something pretty universally relatable about the simple self soothing gesture this carving articulates, in a wonderfully elemental way. The wear to the polychromed surface, and to the features of the face especially, make it all the better and more existential feeling I think, and what I take for pink