Weird and Wonderful Folk Art Carved Vertebrae (?) Bone Bat! antique doll with real hair The cages are nicely done

The cages are nicely done

which is just the right amount of strange

and they are pretty worn

And a hanging loop at the other end

Weird and Wonderful Folk Art Carved Vertebrae (?) Bone Bat! antique doll with real hair The cages are nicely doneThis crazy and I think pretty amazing thing! Its a bat, but appears to have been carved from what I think must have been a lumbar vertebrae, I would guess from a cow. One hole was drilled through for the eyes and a slit for the beak, and Im not quite sure what other interventions! The whole thing was stained and mounted to a wooden panel, which has a good amount of age. Pretty excellent, and though Ive seen a few other folk art creations made of