Great Old Scratch Made Crate Wood Folk Art House #2 carved stone goose but with a wire still

but with a wire still wrapped around is waist and looped at back

It really is a beauty

I believe it was carved of just two pieces of wood--the arched back piece being one

as if he is radiating energy

Great Old Scratch Made Crate Wood Folk Art House #2 carved stone goose but with a wire stillA second of two houses found the other day in Maine, and while certainly made by the same person, 1920s 30s I would guess, each feels like its own special thing and is of substantial scale, so I am listing individually. Made from scratch using crate wood (with the print on the wood visible inside), with hand painted doors and windows, brick chimney and black painted roof. The patina to dry wood on this one is especially great, and one one long side is