Wonderful Early Folk Art Sawing Man Whirligig, Working! Baskets & Boxes 2 3/8" tall x 2

2 3/8" tall x 2 3/8" wide x 2 3/4" deep

) And then the underside was attended to as well

Her pursed painted lips and bent arms with hands on hips just amplify the effect

but he's so good there was no way I could pass him by

which certainly makes one want to get out a real ink pen and write a real letter

Wonderful Early Folk Art Sawing Man Whirligig, Working! Baskets & Boxes 2 3/8" tall x 2This is actually the very first whirligig I have ever bought (aside from a few figures salvaged from broken ones) I often look at them, but they often seem more awkward and cumbersome than I want to deal with but not this one, which I find really very elegant and just right in every possible way. Photos really do it no justice; the beauties of the old paint are subtle, the white doesn't come across well in images, and it has a terrific humble delicacy