Large Expressively Carved Cat, Presumed Carribean hand-crafted box "Here is a butter-fly

"Here is a butter-fly

Really no losses at all that I can see

(probably could be chipped or lightly sanded off but I've left it alone

is signed (maybe with the named of a school

and once one has done so

Large Expressively Carved Cat, Presumed Carribean hand-crafted box "Here is a butter-flyPerhaps no better subject for a folk carving than a cat, as there are so many different cat aspects to capture. This carving I believe is likely Haitian or Cuban, given the nature of the wood and collection it came from. The diagonal lines carved into the eyes make it feel especially as if staring straight at, and into, one's soul, and enhances its steadfast seeming nature a cat not to be moved, also a bit owl like in its compactly perched stoicism. 6