Fabulous Big Headed Smiler with Dancing Boots red tongue I just love the inventiveness

I just love the inventiveness of this piece and find it a truly delight-inducing thing

which is wonderfully worn

just a bit of irregularity to the surface of the stone

I would guess it was made in the mid-20th century and believe it was made in Benin

which features a bunch of old writing on it in a child's hand

Fabulous Big Headed Smiler with Dancing Boots red tongue I just love the inventivenessWhat a face, and what a charmer! I would assume this head was originally attached to a torso complete with arms and legs, but I really don't know for sure. Whatever the case, I think the large smiling head joined by pins through metal posts to the primitively carved, dark red painted boots now is quite perfect, and the heels on those boots to my eye at least impart him with the feel to me of a cowboy, and a dancing one at that. Fabulous. 6 3 4 x 2 1 8