Old Carved Figure with Tall Cap and Wonderful Profile spotted dog I think with rubber skins

I think with rubber skins

I believe it is carved of burl wood and is a gorgeous warm honey color (possibly maple)

and as if it might have just been dug out of the ground

a mark that looks familiar

with some paint loss

Old Carved Figure with Tall Cap and Wonderful Profile spotted dog I think with rubber skinsA wonderful and very expressive carved figure I think, who I take for a man of the woods in many senses! Theres quite a primitive elegance to him I think, and a bit of surface splitting that makes it appear even as if hes got a cloak drawn around him which to me makes also makes him feel a bit French! (From one angle, with face in profile, he actually reminds me a bit of Punch from Punch and Judy, and also a bit of Napolean!) Fantastic dry wood