Double Faced Hand-carved Folk Art Jig Figure numbered checkers board ) but they could also

) but they could also anchor a mantle pretty well or lend a certain festiveness to most any table

resting on a few nails

this is definitely a fan worthy of framing and hanging on the wall

and were certainly once attached to some fine thing

The simmering pots on the stove with flames below

Double Faced Hand-carved Folk Art Jig Figure numbered checkers board ) but they could alsoThis is another one that photos don't do justice; it is hard to get proper lighting on the face(s) and body at the same time, but in person the details of the faces are quite clear. And of course that is what makes this one really great the head rotates, allowing it to switch back and forth between two distinct personalities. I take one face as meant to be male (short hair, wide mouth) and the other (curls framing a beatific face with pursed lips)