[Woodcarver] Unusual Folk Art Box

[KathleenMG Menendez]

Thanks, Andre,

Your image is most helpful for our research, to be sure.
I was not aware of this style as something traditional 
in Poland.

Best wishes,
Kathleen M.


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 From: Andre J <drafish at bresnan.net>
To: KathleenMG Menendez <pyroart_emuseum at yahoo.com>; [Woodcarver] <woodcarver at carverscompanion.com> 
Cc: Bob Lewandowski <rkl404 at yahoo.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Unusual Folk Art Box
 

Well, here is one last attempt to convince you that the box is Polish in origin. Here is a picture of a carving of a traditional Polish Mountaineer, notice the pageboy haircut and the unique hat 





On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 9:26 AM, KathleenMG Menendez <pyroart_emuseum at yahoo.com> wrote:

Thanks to all for your speculations about the folk art

>box.  We, too, were thinking maybe South American 

>from the Andes, say, Peru, because of the odd animals 

>which looked like an anteater and an alpaca, maybe, 

>and also a fox, I think. The Peruvians do wear hats, 

>but the "page boy" haircut still has me baffled.

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>This has been a most interesting dialogue, and

>I hope to pursue this for a while yet, thanks to all

>your leads.

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>Best regards,

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>Kathleen Menendez

>http://pyromuse.org/

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> From: Bob Lewandowski <rkl404 at yahoo.com>

>To: [Woodcarver] <woodcarver at carverscompanion.com> 

>Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 9:50 AM

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>Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Unusual Folk Art Box

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>Here's another thought - well speculation having the facts presented. Seeing the address of the seller, the signature of the carver and the style, it would appear to me that this came from the Smokey Mtn area (possibly KY, TN or AL). As indicated it is definitely NOT Amish. Looking at the style, it most probably did not come from the upper mid west or great lake states. The West can also be eliminated. So, does that leave the hill country and/or the South East?

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>Just a thought

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>Bob Lewandowski

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>From: psherman <psherman at suite224.net>

>To: 'Donna Menke' <donpbk at yahoo.com>; '[Woodcarver]' <woodcarver at carverscompanion.com> 

>Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 8:35 AM

>Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Unusual Folk Art Box

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>I agree donna. The work looks more mayan then anything. And yes the amish do not do things like this. At least not back then.

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>They do furniture but they do not decorate it. that is aginst their religion.

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>pat

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