Unusual, Very Old, Nearly Two Foot Tall Pine Whimsy with Interlocking Moving Parts anatomical with the glue somewhat visible

with the glue somewhat visible

Perhaps this lovely woman was preparing to sit for James Whistler

Bags are labeled A

and then rounded on the bottom to sit nicely on whatever surface one might choose to display it

stamping it with his (or her) name a total of seven times (

Unusual, Very Old, Nearly Two Foot Tall Pine Whimsy with Interlocking Moving Parts anatomical with the glue somewhat visibleNot an easy one to photograph as it stands almost 2 feet tall, but quite a wonderful, and definitely unusual, whimsy, unlike any I've seen. With a square base (it stands on its own) and tapering to a round bulb at top, it features four "cages" of sorts: one with with a squarish "ball", one with a "+" inside that slides up and down, and two with carved parts that extend well outside the cages, one straight across, the other in all four directions.