Unusual and Very Fabulous Antique Figural Hand-carved Folk Art Pipe Bowl stone blocks set so of course I jumped

so of course I jumped right on this charmer of a horse

equally great from a design and standpoint

Note - the photographs were taken in conditions to avoid reflections

This is the best I've held in my hands

and a series of works on paper based on them

Unusual and Very Fabulous Antique Figural Hand-carved Folk Art Pipe Bowl stone blocks set so of course I jumpedSuch 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