Charming Old Folk Art Clay Skunk with Bristle Tail sculpted eagle It measures 9 1/2" in

It measures 9 1/2" in diameter x 2 1/2" tall

cloaked greyhound

R Braithwaite to Karl Marx to Frank Lloyd Wright to Helen Keller to Clara Barton to Jackie Robinson to Elvis

with a rich patina to the dry wood especially on the underside

Amesbury MA

Charming Old Folk Art Clay Skunk with Bristle Tail sculpted eagle It measures 9 1/2" inI found this hand formed clay skunk, dipped in a thick black, almost tar like (but not sticky) coat, at a show in Pennsylvania this past summer, and have just enjoyed having him sitting around for a while. Something about the shape of those individually sculpted and applied legs really does it for me, and then this bristle tail too. I have some notion that the tail had a function like the bristles found at one end of old cork screws used for clearing