Vintage Carving of Intense Girl with Braids, Presumed Hispaniolan vintage lacquer box This 12 hole chromonic harmonica

This 12 hole chromonic harmonica in the key of G features a sliding piece (at right)

Surface is weathered as evident

and I must say I love looking at the back almost as much as the front

sculpture and stand--really quite a striking thing

Vintage Carving of Intense Girl with Braids, Presumed Hispaniolan vintage lacquer box This 12 hole chromonic harmonicaAnother from the estate of an artist, activist, world traveller, collector, dealer and dear friend in Rockport, MA, which I would guess is Cuban, as she travelled there many times, or perhaps Haitian. I love the intensity and focus expressed in that face, and of course her wonderfully carved braids, pulled forward from behind her ears to frame her face. A great one in the company of other carved heads and figures, but with a very strong presence all