B for Brooklyn? Boy in Baseball Cap Folk Art Pottery Head holocaust Though without its slide-top lid

Though without its slide-top lid

but assumed it was Native American

Fantastic alligatored paint and large and heavy enough to hold open the heaviest of doors

and the shell casing is bent where it meets the blade

B for Brooklyn? Boy in Baseball Cap Folk Art Pottery Head holocaust Though without its slide-top lidI'm reluctant to part with this guy, who I take for a Brooklyn Dodger, though of course the B could also stand for Boston! (Photos don't really do justice, as the shine of the brown glaze makes softens its edges.) I really love how the sculpting of his face responds to the shadow that would be cast from the brim of his hat, with no definition to his eyes but the bridge of his nose and pursed mouth and strong chin given prominence. Just the right sort