Make Do Folk Art Carved and Painted Two-Faced Baluster Man drawing of woman Mott--once very small in the

Mott--once very small in the bottom left corner of the painting

A great gift for an office mate or just for you

I quite like the inherent dilemma it represents: a lovely

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Make Do Folk Art Carved and Painted Two-Faced Baluster Man drawing of woman Mott--once very small in theI could not resist bringing this piece into my care, at least for a bit! A great example of creative "make do" resourcefulness, it's an old stair baluster into which little faces were carved on both sides of one end, each with its own personality: one seeming almost on the verge of cracking a smile; the other looking quite distressed! (The eyebrows are my favorite.) And at the other end, what could definitely read as a phallus! Late 19th century or so