Divided Circle Antique Wood and Leather Geometric Form hanging bat sculpture This is one of my

This is one of my new favorite photographic portraits ever

and you can position one or both arms to stay overhead

rather reminding one

but believe this is most likely by a Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) carver  from the SW Coast of Vancouver Island

Divided Circle Antique Wood and Leather Geometric Form hanging bat sculpture This is one of myI've seen a few photos of antique wooden spheres held together with leather strips like this, but never any in person, and not another circle like, divided in halves, with five triangles making up each half. I see them as just gorgeous sculptural objects, with all sorts of possibilities for display, and love the way they look like strips of teeth when stretched out and pointing up. Fabulous, and from what I can tell, quite rare to find. When formed