Black and White Boxer Dog Folk Art Wooden Cutout copper finish Their fronts show five layers

Their fronts show five layers of stacked chip carved wood at the corners

love letters

with some loss of paint

best of all

Black and White Boxer Dog Folk Art Wooden Cutout copper finish Their fronts show five layersSuch a fantastically graphic paint job on this old wooden cutout boxer, made even better by the free hand painting of his eyes and paws. I really love that he is constructed of three pieces one for the front portion, one for the hind, and then a thin strip at the waist holding them together. I might guess this and perhaps also the round hole in his cheek indicate that he was constructed from wood salvaged from something else, but I'm not totally sure;