Curious Folk Art Bone Carving with Cat and Dog and Bird Clare Leighton having spent a few years

having spent a few years on a farm negotiating geese

quite a beautiful and evocative thing I think

truly one of a kind old handmade signs in all their brilliant variety

18 1/2" x 7 1/2" t not including nails

only enhanced by wear

Curious Folk Art Bone Carving with Cat and Dog and Bird Clare Leighton having spent a few yearsI don't know the origins of this curious folk art creation, which I purchased from a good auction in New Hampshire, but how could I resist this little dog in his doghouse with bone just below on one side, and cat just around the corner?! Plus a bird just about to fly out of the stylized tree above. Carved of what I believe is likely cow bone, which has been hollowed out inside, and decorated all the way around. Definitely it has a good bit of age to