Yellow Bed, Black Chair, Man in White, Beautifully Naive 1912 Mexican Folk Art Retablo carved walnut chain 14 inches long

14 inches long

and for the linear incisions and angled cuts on the pliers end

Much worn and all the more beautiful for it

powerful arms with large hands

Yellow Bed, Black Chair, Man in White, Beautifully Naive 1912 Mexican Folk Art Retablo carved walnut chain 14 inches longI'm perpetually on the hunt for good old retablos, and really love this one with that small black chair at far right really bringing it together for me, such a perfect moment together with the yellow end of that bed. And then this very sweet looking man in white gown kneeling and praying on the bed to a small Madonna and very tiny baby Jesus encircled in blue at far left. The handwriting here is most excellent too, looking like someone's very hard