Old Folk Art Carved Found Wood Alligator Head Schmid Kreglinger 1950s or so I think)

1950s or so I think) filled with a bunch of these charming soldier skittle sets

wide and flat tail

or also signify sainthood once the doing is done

and pointing at them like arrows

Old Folk Art Carved Found Wood Alligator Head Schmid Kreglinger 1950s or so I think)Another singular folk creation of unknown origins, with one eye carved and the other a burl, which I imagine is what spurred its creation to begin with, as its maker saw an alligator in there just waiting to be coaxed out! And indeed, it seems rather as if it always existed, with dark (scalded i believe), craggy surface to the wood giving it quite a primordial feel very alligator esque! The shape of the head follows the natural form of the wood such