Marvelous Primitive Folk Art Carving of Parent Holding Child lock and key buttons The reverse shows that linen

The reverse shows that linen tape has been used to back a couple of small tears and along a couple of inches of fold line to stabilize--well done and not visible from the front

I’ve always got an eye out for very believably bruised pieces

which doesn't jump out but is visible if looking for it

and made even better by the fabric framing her face

6 1/4" x 8 3/4" x 3/4"

Marvelous Primitive Folk Art Carving of Parent Holding Child lock and key buttons The reverse shows that linenThis 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