Wonderful Large Carved Folk Art Muscleman Holding Basket Overhead hanging pin Note of course included

Note of course included

from Piumazzo of Castelfranco Emilia in the province of Modena

Great all the way around

because it is just so much fun

Wonderful Large Carved Folk Art Muscleman Holding Basket Overhead hanging pin Note of course includedI don't know who made this folk art strongman, but I think he is really fabulous, and would be pretty great in an entryway offering an unforgettable spot to toss one's keys! Really, he looks to me most of all like an all American farm boy, maybe carrying a load of laundry in the basket overhead. And a super basket it is, too, nicely woven of colorful plastic wire cord of varying widths, with a wooden bottom, to which his hands are forever joined. Then