Old Folk Art Carved Found Wood Alligator Head holder but would also be fun

but would also be fun for serving canapé

but remains in excellent shape and certainly useful still

6 9/16" t x 3 1/8" w and in very good condition

one looking like a fort set high atop a cliff

With a diameter of 19 inches

Old Folk Art Carved Found Wood Alligator Head holder but would also be funAnother singular folk creation of unknown origins, with one eye carved and the other a burl, which I imagine is what spurred its creation to begin with, as its maker saw an alligator in there just waiting to be coaxed out! And indeed, it seems rather as if it always existed, with dark (scalded i believe), craggy surface to the wood giving it quite a primordial feel very alligator esque! The shape of the head follows the natural form of the wood such