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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 4465718, member: 76316"]It's 11¼" long x 8½" wide. I don't believe it's American, and judging from the exaggerated tails of the side birds it may even be Asian. The significance of the sunflowers, if that's what they are, is part of the puzzle. The curve was in the wood plank prior to carving; on the back, around the oval window, is a rectangular relief for the image and glass, and that relief is flat relative to the curved back.There's something about the posture of the Eagle that seems unusually stylized, to me at least. Every detail you see is carved...most of it is t-tiny. A few of them are broken, of course...but you have to look closely to find them. I would add more pics, but many of them are oversized files, unacceptable here.</p><p><br /></p><p>All comments are most welcome...Thanks for looking! Warren</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]385929[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]385930[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]385931[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]385932[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 4465718, member: 76316"]It's 11¼" long x 8½" wide. I don't believe it's American, and judging from the exaggerated tails of the side birds it may even be Asian. The significance of the sunflowers, if that's what they are, is part of the puzzle. The curve was in the wood plank prior to carving; on the back, around the oval window, is a rectangular relief for the image and glass, and that relief is flat relative to the curved back.There's something about the posture of the Eagle that seems unusually stylized, to me at least. Every detail you see is carved...most of it is t-tiny. A few of them are broken, of course...but you have to look closely to find them. I would add more pics, but many of them are oversized files, unacceptable here. All comments are most welcome...Thanks for looking! Warren [ATTACH=full]385929[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]385930[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]385931[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]385932[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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