Vintage Carving of Intense Girl with Braids, Presumed Hispaniolan vintage lacquer box cane in hand

cane in hand

with the cumulative marks and notes and drawings of many different students spread across its surface on both sides

and I must say I love looking at the back almost as much as the front

like a watercolor painting rendered in inky shades of mossy green and brown and cream

Inside one is a piece of real honeycomb

Vintage Carving of Intense Girl with Braids, Presumed Hispaniolan vintage lacquer box cane in handAnother from the estate of an artist, activist, world traveller, collector, dealer and dear friend in Rockport, MA, which I would guess is Cuban, as she travelled there many times, or perhaps Haitian. I love the intensity and focus expressed in that face, and of course her wonderfully carved braids, pulled forward from behind her ears to frame her face. A great one in the company of other carved heads and figures, but with a very strong presence all