EVE with Apples, Fabulous Folk Art Carving with Polychrome, Signed N.E.B luminous landscape with these patterns also carrying

with these patterns also carrying symbolic meanings relating to nature

what a great play of pattern and texture and techniques

About 10 or 15 minutes

Very good antique condition with nice dry wood patina

with a beautiful patina to the tin

EVE with Apples, Fabulous Folk Art Carving with Polychrome, Signed N.E.B luminous landscape with these patterns also carryingOne of my very favorites of the month a fabulous, very folky, very full of life Eve with red apple firmly in hand (looking also like a third nipple, and a target, and a stigmata) and four more fruits hanging immediately overhead. (And just in case not obvious, "EVE" is carved in block letters along the top edge on the reverse, with monogram, N. E. B, along the left edge.) With a big triangle of a nose, stained darker brown as if for emphasis, and