Muscular Large Carved Folk Art Horse on Base front door The Mississippian produced some incredibly

The Mississippian produced some incredibly effigy vessels in the form of human heads and animals

and as a document of process

debuted its Humpty Dumpty Circus in 1903 and this stand I believe dates to not long after that

Nice patina and nice iron nails holding it all together

9 5/8" long x 7 1/8" deep x 1 7/8" tall and in excellent vintage condition

Muscular Large Carved Folk Art Horse on Base front door The Mississippian produced some incrediblyI found this one at a show in New Hampshire this past week and think he likely originated somewhere around these parts. Clearly a folk art creation and I really love that one glass eye sits a little higher than the other but the carving of the body has a muscular power to it, amplified the grain of the wood, and carries through from raised ears, to nicely shaped legs and hooves, to cropped tail. And so this horse feels both humble and proud once just