Unusual and Very Fabulous Antique Figural Hand-carved Folk Art Pipe Bowl carved wooden totem which slides out to reveal

which slides out to reveal a pretty blue belle

I just love this pot

the architectural details bear a close resemblance to New York's City Hall

structurally sound condition

but when I happened upon this painting close to home

Unusual and Very Fabulous Antique Figural Hand-carved Folk Art Pipe Bowl carved wooden totem which slides out to revealSuch a curious one, purchased from a favorite dealer friend in Maine, the source of many a wonderful thing. She appears to be a pipe bowl, carved entirely of wood (one piece of her torso, one for her lower half) with the bowl of the pipe at her crotch and the stem of the pipe extending from her rear end! She is also hinged at the hips not a lot of give there, but some; I'm guessing that when smoked she rocks a bit to and fro! (One would just needs a