Evocative Old Thumb Sucking Carved Figure in Pink Pajamas painted wood owl When fully open

When fully open

Great for filling with favorite rocks

small tears coming in from the edges in general

the beautifully shaped tin of the scoop wraps around the sides of the base

The message written on the backside (in great hand-writing

Evocative Old Thumb Sucking Carved Figure in Pink Pajamas painted wood owl When fully openAs someone who sucked her thumb for more years than I might do well to admit, this one may especially speak to me personally, but I think there is something pretty universally relatable about the simple self soothing gesture this carving articulates, in a wonderfully elemental way. The wear to the polychromed surface, and to the features of the face especially, make it all the better and more existential feeling I think, and what I take for pink