Folk Art Wooden Pig Figurine

This item is a small, stylized folk art figurine of a pig, hand-crafted from a dark, reddish-brown wood or perhaps a naturally occurring seed pod base. It features a rounded, bulbous body with a distinctively carved snout and two small, dark beaded eyes set into a recessed horizontal groove. The ears are shaped from flat, thin pieces of bark or leather-like material, and a thin, curved twig or wire serves as the tail or stem at the top. The piece displays significant surface wear, including numerous scuffs, raw wood exposure where the finish has chipped away, and visible fraying on the ears and tail. Given the construction materials and simplified, rustic aesthetic, this appears to be a piece of mid-20th-century vernacular art or a commercial souvenir from the 1960s-1970s. No maker's marks or signatures are visible in the image. The craftsmanship is naive and illustrative of cottage industry output where natural organic shapes are repurposed into animal forms.

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