Man in Cap with High Brows and Large Ears, Wonderfully Carved Old Folk Art Knife Handle decorated or images of home and

or images of home and a woman or family there

I find both haunting and heartbreaking--with a typed label on reverse identifying the two young men as brothers

with one crease to one knee

and structurally very sound

cinder blocks—even wrecked cars were covered with pronouncements about salvation and hell

Man in Cap with High Brows and Large Ears, Wonderfully Carved Old Folk Art Knife Handle decorated or images of home andI know from collector in whose amazing collection of folk and outsider art this carving lived in for many years that it was made as a handle for a knife, and one can tell that his head served as a good grip! African American, earlier 20th century, I believe he looks a bit Harlem Renaissance era to me. With large ears to take in everything around him, and highly arching eyebrows that suggest he might be hearing to a tall tale, and perhaps preparing to