Much Weathered, Very Expressive Antique Carved Wooden Santo Head vintage handmade fishing lines including a 1850-60s photo featuring

including a 1850-60s photo featuring a group of likely abolitionists standing in front of Harriet Beecher Stowe's home in Andover

All unsharpened and unused

I'm fairly certain 1960s or so

which preceeded Bluff as the name for the tag-like game

Much Weathered, Very Expressive Antique Carved Wooden Santo Head vintage handmade fishing lines including a 1850-60s photo featuringI assume this carved head of a bearded man came from a very old figure representing a saint, or perhaps Jesus himself? I might guess European, but I'm really not sure, and would certainly think based on the weathering of the wood that it was situated outdoors. Now, I must say it indeed feels pretty ancient and pretty holy (including literally, as a portion of the back of the head has been eaten or eroded away!) and to my eye a very beautiful, tender