Large Painted Wooden Stork Bobble Head hanging birds shows wear

shows wear

and the yellow glow emitting from within--and also how it fills almost the whole paper

someone was wise to salvage them

This drawing was made on a trip to Brittany in 1909

Large Painted Wooden Stork Bobble Head hanging birds shows wearI'd guess this old cutout wooden stork head was once attached to a body and lived in a yard or garden somewhere. I rather love it just as a head though great in form with this super long pointy beak, and with really terrifically weathered painted surface. I think I'd hang it on the wall from the head, with the bendy white painted neck just hanging down and making a great line but if stuck into something, like a planter, it does do a pretty great