Tiny Cherokee Carving of Woman Holding Bowl by Watty antique circus like traditional Javanese shadow theatre

like traditional Javanese shadow theatre puppets

Really a nice

This is one of three small watercolors I purchased together

who also points to one in the Gettysburg Museum collection

to create and improve the spaces around them

Tiny Cherokee Carving of Woman Holding Bowl by Watty antique circus like traditional Javanese shadow theatreA quick search led me learn that the "Watty" who signed this tiny carving was Cherokee carver Wahdih Watty Chiltoskie (1897 1973), who came from a family of carvers. There is not a lot out there about him, but I've included a photo of him at work. Among the few examples of his carvings that I've found, this tiny woman is definitely my favorite, looking wonderfully serene and grounded, with her seated body itself feeling rather like a bowl for the bowl