Figurehead-like Carved Bust, Woman with Wild Hair slides likely early 20th century

likely early 20th century

A little kitschy perhaps

a note in a different hand to please bring up the thumbtacks

based on the skill of the carving

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

Figurehead-like Carved Bust, Woman with Wild Hair slides likely early 20th centuryAnother 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