Figures Marching Down an Arrow, Old Wooden Folk Art Sculpture on Stand shooting gallery terget with finger jointed corners

with finger jointed corners

No cracking of the paint on the flip side

unlike any other I've seen

This is a vintage Javanese Topeng mask--Topeng being the name for Indonesian dance is which mask-wearing

Figures Marching Down an Arrow, Old Wooden Folk Art Sculpture on Stand shooting gallery terget with finger jointed cornersSuch a strong graphic these four figures make as they march in lockstep along the length of this arrow, the hands of each on the shoulders of the one in front of him. I presume these four are meant to represent soldiers, and would guess this dates to around WW2 but I think they can read as comrades of many sorts, perpetually heading forward as a team! Carved of wood, with a great old painted surface, including mellow gold for the length of the arrow