Super Crisp Modernist Tower Whimsy with Sliding Center Cage (Copy) ash splint I've long been admiring 19th

I've long been admiring 19th century folk art mourning pictures in this manner

There are a wide array of Black Americana wooden dancing figures

He has lost the toe of one foot

though the old painted surface is so much better in person

Super Crisp Modernist Tower Whimsy with Sliding Center Cage (Copy) ash splint I've long been admiring 19thA very crisp, very modernist minimalist feeling whimsy, including for the center ball in cage, which slides allowing for viewer participation! (And it will hold in the "up" position when stood on end.) I love a tower whimsy, and a modular sculpture, and this feels to me like the Sol Lewitt of whimsies! 7 1 4" t x approx 1 1 4" x 1 1 4". Excellent condition, beautifully executed, mid 20th century I presume.