Marvelous Antique Folk Art Indian Chief Watercolor Drawing painted wooden doorstop He's threaded with what I

He's threaded with what I believe is his original string

Plus that face

The lid is attached with hinges and opens with ease

splits or chips

and the off-center pattern of what I assume are water lilies turns the whole thing into a waterscape

Marvelous Antique Folk Art Indian Chief Watercolor Drawing painted wooden doorstop He's threaded with what II purchased this and a second naive watercolor drawing, surely by the same maker, from a seller in Pennsylvania, who found them tucked in the back of a late 19th century scrapbook. With gun in one hand, dagger in the other, this incredible feathered headdress, painted face, and streaming hair, I find it incredibly expressive and potent, in a manner not unlike ledger drawings, though I am pretty sure this is not a Native American piece. Executed in