Curious Folk Art Bone Carving with Cat and Dog and Bird Clare Leighton and it appears that Joseph

and it appears that Joseph took great pleasure detailing the dress

and splatter ware

which I really love altogether for the sort of strangeness of the composition

18 1/2" x 7 1/2" t not including nails

having spent a few years on a farm negotiating geese

Curious Folk Art Bone Carving with Cat and Dog and Bird Clare Leighton and it appears that JosephI don't know the origins of this curious folk art creation, which I purchased from a good auction in New Hampshire, but how could I resist this little dog in his doghouse with bone just below on one side, and cat just around the corner?! Plus a bird just about to fly out of the stylized tree above. Carved of what I believe is likely cow bone, which has been hollowed out inside, and decorated all the way around. Definitely it has a good bit of age to