Marvelous Primitive Folk Art Carving of Parent Holding Child lock and key buttons and made even better by

and made even better by the fabric framing her face

6 1/4" x 8 3/4" x 3/4"

to me his face has a bit of a Spanish Colonial feel

which is welded to a larger hanger (it all reminds me rather of a ski lift) making it quite easy to hang them from a hook on the wall

Marvelous Primitive Folk Art Carving of Parent Holding Child lock and key buttons and made even better byThis is my favorite object I found at Brimfield, which I purchased from an excellent dealer who had it in his personal collection for several decades. Carved from one block of wood, what a sense of deep connection between parent and child it conveys, specific and universal. I love that the parent appears of no specific gender, and I love the faces and ears! on both parent and child. But most of all I love the dangling legs of the baby, draped around