Wonderful Antique Folk Art Boat with Spool Winder in Green and Red Paint MoMA catalgoue About six months ago or

About six months ago or so

until I noted that the numbers on the side run 0 to 6 rather than showing temperatures

I have never ever seen anything like this

this one makes use of of a letter to Henry Fogel

Wonderful Antique Folk Art Boat with Spool Winder in Green and Red Paint MoMA catalgoue About six months ago orI love this thing, found in Maine the other day. Super primitive, great original dark green and red paint, the latter of which has alligatored in an excellent way, with an old hand cranked spool via which a sail was once surely once raised and lowered. The sails are gone, but I love how one side of the the mast next to the crank is much worn, maybe even whittled some, in order to accommodate a hand that once very often it seems turned the crank to