Very Old Carved Monk (?) Holding Ball (World?) in Big Hands! black lock and could be put to

and could be put to all sorts of creative and pragmatic uses

I’ve since learned that a hydrometer is used for measuring the relative density of liquids based on buoyancy: you pour liquid into a container

lighter one is 1 3/4" diameter

and in very good condition

examples of his far-ranging work (drawings

Very Old Carved Monk (?) Holding Ball (World?) in Big Hands! black lock and could be put toThe seller I purchased this carving from thought the figure was a (bald) old woman, but I might think it's a robed monk (?), and that perhaps the large ball in his large hands is a metaphor for the world? Really I have no idea! I do know for sure that it is very old, and quite evocative I think, with this wonderfully expressive, curious round face and these great big hands out front. I think perhaps it was once painted, with the wood now showing