Wonderful Early Folk Art Sawing Man Whirligig, Working! Baskets & Boxes 8 7/8" t x 6

8 7/8" t x 6 5/8 d

This seems about right

Very early 20th century I believe

And double sided

but he's so good there was no way I could pass him by

Wonderful Early Folk Art Sawing Man Whirligig, Working! Baskets & Boxes 8 7/8" t x 6This is actually the very first whirligig I have ever bought (aside from a few figures salvaged from broken ones) I often look at them, but they often seem more awkward and cumbersome than I want to deal with but not this one, which I find really very elegant and just right in every possible way. Photos really do it no justice; the beauties of the old paint are subtle, the white doesn't come across well in images, and it has a terrific humble delicacy