Large Expressively Carved Cat, Presumed Carribean Artesania Rinconada orange tiger and the board is teak

and the board is teak

It is equally likely that Beata is in fact the title

and I love that this green and white one in its tree is the centerpiece here

1795 portrait of a very similar looking gentleman by American itinerant folk artist John Brewster

Large Expressively Carved Cat, Presumed Carribean Artesania Rinconada orange tiger and the board is teakPerhaps no better subject for a folk carving than a cat, as there are so many different cat aspects to capture. This carving I believe is likely Haitian or Cuban, given the nature of the wood and collection it came from. The diagonal lines carved into the eyes make it feel especially as if staring straight at, and into, one's soul, and enhances its steadfast seeming nature a cat not to be moved, also a bit owl like in its compactly perched stoicism. 6