Vintage Blue and White Reflective Angled Arrow (Highway Exit) Sign folk art bird sculpture The wood here is unfinished

The wood here is unfinished and I am not entirely sure what type of wood it is

while some of these dolls were the in fact carved from bedposts

on wove paper--came from a portfolio of drawings dating to 1929

and quite poignant now

Vintage Blue and White Reflective Angled Arrow (Highway Exit) Sign folk art bird sculpture The wood here is unfinishedI guess this one once functioned as a highway exit sign, but taken out of that context what I like is the diagonal of the arrow, making it a good one for actually hanging on the wall to point toward the stairs leading up, or down to the basement, or toward a corner, or at a particular object. Plus in very good shades of blue and white, with some nice craquelure to the surface of the arrow. 15" x 21" and in good, used vintage condition, with a little