Carved Old Wooden Mountain Man Hermit with Bark vintage Mexican pitcher which is the larger of

which is the larger of two I purchased at a nearby consignment store

one arm of one of them has been replaced (I believe the toy originally came with a couple of replacement arms

MA that included fine objects from around the world

10" long x 2 3/8" tall

Arabla Made in Finland on the underside

Carved Old Wooden Mountain Man Hermit with Bark vintage Mexican pitcher which is the larger ofI guess these sorts of men, carved out of (into?) a knotty old piece of wood with bark still on it, are often referred to as mountain men, or wood spirits. I think of this guy as more of a hermit, and in fact he makes me think of Saint Francis in the wild, living at peace among the forest and animals. Though not easy to photograph (he absorbs all the light!), he's quite wonderfully done I think and definitely quite old; the wood is worn smooth with a