Wise Looking Man, Old Carved Burl Folk Art Bust wedding day portrait the USS San Francisco was

the USS San Francisco was one of the most decorated ships of  WW2

though I have not been able to put a finger on the precise origins of the genre

I found these three together

but sound and stable and not very fragile

Wise Looking Man, Old Carved Burl Folk Art Bust wedding day portrait the USS San Francisco wasI believe this carving was made by the same person as the burl wolf with bared fangs also listed today, found together and with a similar manner to the carvings, though this guy feels like a calm sage, to counter to wilder instincts! (Specifically, he looks like a judge to me, carefully listening to both sides of the argument. ) Really quite a wonderful carving I think, very expressive face and with the natural form of the burl giving him quite an