Expressionistically Painted Duck Folk Art Doorstop, c. 1930s wooden snuff box 12 3/4" x 10 1/2"

12 3/4" x 10 1/2" framed

Approx 7 3/4" long x 7 7/8" tall x 4 3/4" wide

75" tall x x 6

then glued back together

was carried atop the shoulders of other tribesmen to his mate

Expressionistically Painted Duck Folk Art Doorstop, c. 1930s wooden snuff box 12 3/4" x 10 1/2"One sees lots of old handmade wooden doorstops of a similar manner, especially featuring dogs, but I'm not sure I've ever seem one executed is such a painterly, expressionistic manner as this wonderful duck. Indeed, it is so warmly and specifically done, I have to think the subject was wandering about nearby as this was made! 6" tall and in very good condition. Some paint loss on the green stop but just a bit on the duck itself, and a little cracking