Surreal Feeling Antique Santos in Pink Paint 1930s svengali trick cards nailed to a long wooden

nailed to a long wooden post

New Jersey--and was clearly much referenced (surely hung--and rehung-- in a studio or art department

leaf and bird design may the most exquisite among them

and about 1/4 of an inch thick

I found these two in Ohio and

Surreal Feeling Antique Santos in Pink Paint 1930s svengali trick cards nailed to a long woodenA bit of a strange one, with a sort of sweet eerie vibe, feeling a bit like a child possessed! The effect of the paint loss on the head is to make the figure appear as if blonde, which together with the pink cheeks and lips and pink painted body, makes this child feel almost albino. I love the strangeness, down to just the one stub of an arm remaining, which does still move, and will hold raised to the side. With quite a finely carved head, including