Very Rustic Ball Inside Round Cage Inside Square Cage Whimsy swinging picture frames 3 1/8" tall

3 1/8" tall

There also appear to be hairline cracks down the sides of the triangles on the sides of the chair

and dated 1970

whip trailing gracefully through the air

studied at the Art Students League in NYC under Thomas Hart Benton among others

Very Rustic Ball Inside Round Cage Inside Square Cage Whimsy swinging picture frames 3 1/8" tallThe opposite of masterfully carved, but that's why I like it I would certainly think this was its maker's first (and likely only!) attempt at carving a ball inside of a cage inside of a cage, all from one piece of wood, with a looped handle on the first cage to boot. A for Effort, and both the interior ball and round cage do move around inside the square cage, though mostly with the help of turning the handle. One might keep this one around as