Fantastic Old Folk Art Carved Cat with Painted Eyes icons which features what I believe

which features what I believe is a Garden of Eden scene in bas relief

Her gallery focused on the work of Haitian artists as well as Kuna Mola (fantastic cut and embroidered hand-made textiles made by the Kuna people of Panamá)

The front is shiny while the back shows the original patina

The lid--locked tightly when closed--is comprised of two parts

Whoever assembled it did a pretty nice job

Fantastic Old Folk Art Carved Cat with Painted Eyes icons which features what I believeI've had a few old carved cats with great folky faces in the shop, but this is for sure my favorite, and I think it is quite an old one. The stain is definitely original to the piece and has aged to yield a really wonderful surface with mustard yellow undertones, and then creamy white paint for the whites of the eyes, with big black painted pupils. I could look at this face all day, with the alert, carved out ears perfectly framing the long slope of a