Naughty Old Carved Folk Art Man in Black Coat and Hat low relief design including Breuer

including Breuer

I think it's pretty good

as there is a hole that runs through the handle near the end through which a string or wire could pass

and the juxtaposition and interplay between the two about as graceful and elegant as could be

which I’d bet would be a lot of fun to share a drink with

Naughty Old Carved Folk Art Man in Black Coat and Hat low relief design including BreuerOne sees these old carved figures around now and then, with hidden pop up phalluses, but I don't think I've seen another I like quite as much as this one, whose black hat and coat and smiling, almost snowman looking face simultaneously belies and perfectly foreshadows what's in store when one pulls him apart! I can't help but think of him as a portrayal of righteous hypocrisy perhaps representing a puritanical late 17th century minister crying