Curious Carved Folk Art Face / Mask with Blue Glass Eyes, Signed B. McInnis Bickerton gift for boater open mouthed figure with sticks

open mouthed figure with sticks for arms and legs and an equally wonderful bird

I do hope Ada came home eventually

Happily this was sent to a Miss Hazle Bray of Bridgton Maine more than 100 years ago--and I do hope she said yes

I believe these date to the 1960s or so

I believe this is Chinese and dates from the 1950s or so

Curious Carved Folk Art Face / Mask with Blue Glass Eyes, Signed B. McInnis Bickerton gift for boater open mouthed figure with sticksLike many I am listing today, this carved face came from the Rockport, MA estate of the late Ellen Gabin, an artist, activist, world traveler, friend and great inspiration to me when I was just get started with Critical Eye Finds. It is signed B. McInnis Bickerton on the back, which has lead me nowhere definitive, but I think it is possible the Bickerton refers to Port Bickerton in Nova Scotia. In some ways seeming to reference Inuit masks, but I