Carved Wooden Man Holding Barrel Turkish textile with a nice sheen from

with a nice sheen from age and use

with a very interesting history

Very mid-century Scandanavian

I think perhaps they may have been inspired by the famous 1810 match between Tom Cribb & Tom Molyneux

Carved Wooden Man Holding Barrel Turkish textile with a nice sheen fromThis roughly carved little man is carrying a heavy load, made all the more burdensome by the fact that he has lost his feet! Perhaps he was once part of a larger situation, extricated only by cutting him off at the ankles which was done a but unevenly, such that he needs to lean against something in order to stand. But what a great figure I think he is, with these fine features, square shoulders, muscled arms and huge hands with individuated fingers