Unusual, Very Old, Nearly Two Foot Tall Pine Whimsy with Interlocking Moving Parts anatomical Though I have found no

Though I have found no other examples of the work

Perhaps this lovely woman was preparing to sit for James Whistler

Clarinetist 9 1/2" t x 5" w x 5" d

with the glue somewhat visible

Unusual, Very Old, Nearly Two Foot Tall Pine Whimsy with Interlocking Moving Parts anatomical Though I have found noNot an easy one to photograph as it stands almost 2 feet tall, but quite a wonderful, and definitely unusual, whimsy, unlike any I've seen. With a square base (it stands on its own) and tapering to a round bulb at top, it features four "cages" of sorts: one with with a squarish "ball", one with a "+" inside that slides up and down, and two with carved parts that extend well outside the cages, one straight across, the other in all four directions.