Marvelous Antique Lumberjack (or Jill?) with One Nail Eye and Painted Embellishment marks Truck alone is 11 1/4"

Truck alone is 11 1/4" long

and makes me want to just carry it around in my hand

it really feels rather like one of those puzzle drawings where you are supposed to locate all sorts hidden images

I've just learned this piece is a quintessential example of the recent work of Bowdoinham

softened around the edges from wear and a little paint loss

Marvelous Antique Lumberjack (or Jill?) with One Nail Eye and Painted Embellishment marks Truck alone is 11 1/4"A charmer of an old folk art limberjack or dancing doll, who does look to once have had arms as well, but, as is, reads as if they might be folded across the chest, giving some attitude. (Most likely though, it seems to me, this limberjack is meant to be female.) Im sure s he once had a second nail eye as well, but with only one remaining appears to be giving a somewhat defiant side glance! Wonderful spread of blue painted dots across the upper chest,