SOLD Great Old Carved Folk Art Book Shaped Box with Passive Snake Inside! carved inuit figure dry and stable now

dry and stable now

terrifically expressive creations as full of life as this one

all fairly rare from what I can tell

except that I believe she studied at Parsons School of Design in New York and received her BFA in Painting from Mass College of Art

Worn and with losses as described and documented

SOLD Great Old Carved Folk Art Book Shaped Box with Passive Snake Inside! carved inuit figure dry and stable nowI purchased this one from a wonderful dealer in Pennsylvania, and believe that is quite likely where it originated, early 20th century would be my guess, though it could be a little older than that. There is a tiny hole in the slide that once would have attached via string or fine wire to the snake inside (with stained black arching neck and wonderful little nailed eyes and iron tongue) and pulled it forth to deliver a surprise to the opener! That