Boxers in the Ring with Arms Swinging, Mid 20th Century Carved Folk Art Construction pointing figures one looking like a fort

one looking like a fort set high atop a cliff

exemplifying

here whole pages of words including "Lamentation"

) Sight: 10 13/4" x 9 3/8"

Some staining and age toning but very clear and bold and fabulous

Boxers in the Ring with Arms Swinging, Mid 20th Century Carved Folk Art Construction pointing figures one looking like a fortI've got an obsession with representations of boxers, boxing matches, boxing rings a brutal sport, but also I think a beautiful one, as elemental and also existential as it gets. I've had a few carved push button boxing toys over the years, but this the first full blown folk art construction of a pair going at it inside a ring. One arm of each of the boxers will move manually, and both arms of the man in silver shirt. Platform, posts, and figures