Carved Old Wooden Mountain Man Hermit with Bark Beau Brummel There is some spotting to

There is some spotting to the pith paper and one very light crease (visible only if viewed from a certain angle) and a few small holes in the paper near the right side

stiff gray board and dated on the back 5/19/76

And I believe there would originally have been nine of them

with the caged ball like a precious stone at the center

Carved Old Wooden Mountain Man Hermit with Bark Beau Brummel There is some spotting toI guess these sorts of men, carved out of (into?) a knotty old piece of wood with bark still on it, are often referred to as mountain men, or wood spirits. I think of this guy as more of a hermit, and in fact he makes me think of Saint Francis in the wild, living at peace among the forest and animals. Though not easy to photograph (he absorbs all the light!), he's quite wonderfully done I think and definitely quite old; the wood is worn smooth with a