Fabulous Big Headed Smiler with Dancing Boots red tongue Images featured show selected pages

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with no splits or cracks and arms still rotate

Among the few examples of his carvings that I've found

What a bear

I would guess it was made in the mid-20th century and believe it was made in Benin

Fabulous Big Headed Smiler with Dancing Boots red tongue Images featured show selected pagesWhat a face, and what a charmer! I would assume this head was originally attached to a torso complete with arms and legs, but I really don't know for sure. Whatever the case, I think the large smiling head joined by pins through metal posts to the primitively carved, dark red painted boots now is quite perfect, and the heels on those boots to my eye at least impart him with the feel to me of a cowboy, and a dancing one at that. Fabulous. 6 3 4 x 2 1 8