Unusual, Very Old, Nearly Two Foot Tall Pine Whimsy with Interlocking Moving Parts anatomical Clarinetist 9 1/2" t x

Clarinetist 9 1/2" t x 5" w x 5" d

with the glue somewhat visible

and then rounded on the bottom to sit nicely on whatever surface one might choose to display it

Perhaps this lovely woman was preparing to sit for James Whistler

such that each really has its own distinct personality

Unusual, Very Old, Nearly Two Foot Tall Pine Whimsy with Interlocking Moving Parts anatomical Clarinetist 9 1/2" t xNot an easy one to photograph as it stands almost 2 feet tall, but quite a wonderful, and definitely unusual, whimsy, unlike any I've seen. With a square base (it stands on its own) and tapering to a round bulb at top, it features four "cages" of sorts: one with with a squarish "ball", one with a "+" inside that slides up and down, and two with carved parts that extend well outside the cages, one straight across, the other in all four directions.