Weird and Wonderful Folk Art Carved Vertebrae (?) Bone Bat! antique doll with real hair which is just the right

which is just the right amount of strange

It would be lovely at the center of the dinner table

but with its solid black ground also looks really sharp against crisp white bedding

and while they feel quite delicate and precious

is justifiably signed on the back: Blanche Wood (what a name

Weird and Wonderful Folk Art Carved Vertebrae (?) Bone Bat! antique doll with real hair which is just the rightThis crazy and I think pretty amazing thing! Its a bat, but appears to have been carved from what I think must have been a lumbar vertebrae, I would guess from a cow. One hole was drilled through for the eyes and a slit for the beak, and Im not quite sure what other interventions! The whole thing was stained and mounted to a wooden panel, which has a good amount of age. Pretty excellent, and though Ive seen a few other folk art creations made of