Hand-carved Old Dark Wood Whimsy Chain - 24 Inches box with scalloped edge based on her face and

based on her face and black hair

and I've seen similar described as Turkish and also Iraqi

The backside is painted black

" a nod I believe to Descarte's classic work of the same title

Hand-carved Old Dark Wood Whimsy Chain - 24 Inches box with scalloped edge based on her face andA simple but very nicely done old whimsy chain, carved from one piece of wood. I have a number of carved chains in the shop, and looked at a lot more, and even if if nothing more than chain links like this one, they vary so much in character. This I can tell you is a really lovely one, which though fairly light in weight feels substantial, and a nice rectangular form to the the links, with just the right amount of irregularity, and a little rounding