Hand-Carved Wooden Man with Hidden Tools! charming bear I find her super compelling

I find her super compelling

This Garuda-shaped Indonesian nutcracker

Certainly one can never have too many books

this very fine Northwest Coast Salish tightly coiled lidded basket dates I believe from the late 19th or early 20th century

This Sapolin Gold Leaf Kit in its original wonderful turned wooden canister with dome lid

Hand-Carved Wooden Man with Hidden Tools! charming bear I find her super compellingThis guy may just be my new very favorite thing! And I have not been able to find another like him out there anywhere. When I found him, I quickly realized his carved wooden head pulled out of his body to reveal a knife attached, which I thought might be used as a letter opener, but it was not until I began photographing him that I realized his legs, terminating in those fabulous boots, pulled out as well one to reveal a pencil and the other an ink