Signed Folk Art Carving of Pointing Hand student achievement medal oil on canvas on old

oil on canvas on old wood stretcher

forever a core part of one's identity

In addition to the white chairs

and executed in a wonderfully nuanced palette of purples

Initialed at center

Signed Folk Art Carving of Pointing Hand student achievement medal oil on canvas on oldI found this carving at an antiques shop in Maine, along with a carved spruce gum box listed separately, and have a bit of feeling that they were done by the same maker. The box held a deck of early 20th century alphabet cards, so I might guess that both this and the box date to around then, though I am not 100% sure. Carved into the underside of the base of the hand is what looks to be "MC11," perhaps the initials of the carver and the year 1911. In