Strange 1929 Devilish Bird in Egg Watercolor folk carvings The bat is signed on

The bat is signed on the back and strung with a hanger

Originally used for holding cutlery

and a remnant of thread at his waist

and a nice trim-lined blue interior as well

Strange 1929 Devilish Bird in Egg Watercolor folk carvings The bat is signed onA weird one for sure, but I'm pretty into this watercolor gouache, done by a Silova O. Kolin in 1929. I might guess it has something to do with the end of one decade and beginning of another, perhaps with this black devil bird meant to represent the hatching the year 1930 (not really a great year in the history of things), screaming as it does. Or maybe it is just an anthroporphism of the proverbial primal scream. In any event, I think the pointy