Fabulous Carved and Painted Wooden Sculpture of Seal or Sea Lion Balancing Ball lidded canister I don’t think it gets

I don’t think it gets much more 1980s than this fabulous deco-esque black

I love the shape of ginger jars generally

with one small scrape in the edge of the lid at the center on the gold side and a little irregularity to the gold paint overall

betel chewing was central to social interaction

Fabulous Carved and Painted Wooden Sculpture of Seal or Sea Lion Balancing Ball lidded canister I don’t think it getsI found this painted wood sculpture of a seal or sea lion balancing a ball at the estate sale of an artist, architect and MIT librarian and fell in love with it at once. I know nothing of its origins, and it is unsigned, but I think it is absolutely fantastic! Carved from what looks to be one piece of wood, its body is painted a deep teal green animated with thousands of tiny dots in yellow, pink, purple, white and a lighter green. And then that face!