Figurehead-like Carved Bust, Woman with Wild Hair slides but I'd likely hang it

but I'd likely hang it on the wall balanced on small nails under each side of the head

The tail end of the porcupine-woven splint on the lid does not completely tuck in

I believe it likely dates to the late 19th century or so

intense and very human

Figurehead-like Carved Bust, Woman with Wild Hair slides but I'd likely hang itAnother one found this week in Maine, and this carved bust of a woman with thick head of seemingly wind blown hair looks a lot like the figurehead at the bow of a ship to me. (It thus seems right that she might have taken a bump to the nose at some point along the way!) Well carved, making great use of the grain of the wood, which adds to a sense of dynamism, as if she's pushing her way through the world, with a wonderful sort of wildness and