Shark! Recent Vintage Folk Art Polychrome Carving on Scrap Wood

Regular price $48.00

I don't believe this is very old--I presume the '20 at bottom right means 2020--but I think it is very excellent! And perhaps it is meant to portray some other sort of fish, but it sure looks like a shark to me. The old scrap wood panel used had an incision right down the middle--which has the effect of foreshadowing the cleaving of this Jaws in half --which for someone like me who has a deep fear of sharks, feels most welcome! I  love this thing.

13" x 5 7/8". Good condition, the wood itself well worn, with a softness to the rendering and surface that makes it feel as if this fish were always there.  Hanger on the reverse.