Antique Folk Art Carved Man in Coffin Box sailors A few scuffs and scrapes

A few scuffs and scrapes here and there

but good now displayed all sorts of ways

late 19th century US Army

I love the wonderfully graphic treatment of the birds

Antique Folk Art Carved Man in Coffin Box sailors A few scuffs and scrapesSurely this box once had a lid, which kept this little man locked tight inside. One sometimes sees figures like this with large phalluses attached, which spring up when the lid of the box is opened. There is a tiny hole on the rear of this one that suggests that could well have been the case; if so, someone disarmed him at some point long ago and seems to have given him pants to boot! I love him just as he is, with carved details giving him quite a