Crazy Carved Wooden Canister with Six Figures and Head on Top! 1970s jet plane With its stark lines and

With its stark lines and textured

but i'd just leave it alone

This really lovely West German mid-century vase I believe was made by Steuler

9 3/4" long x 3 3/4" tall x 3/16" thick

this piece is very much in the manner of the work of famous father and son Mexican folk artists Aurelio and Francisco Flores from Izúcar de Matamoros--legendary for their elaborate "tree of life" candlesticks and candleabra

Crazy Carved Wooden Canister with Six Figures and Head on Top! 1970s jet plane With its stark lines andTotally wacky, but pretty fun, and whoever made this certainly had a vision which they exerted a lot of time and effort to carry all the way through. I might guess this vessel was made to hold tobacco, perhaps in a tin that fit inside? I'm not entirely certain the identities of the historic, international cast of characters carved in relief around the faceted perimeter, or the identity of the head on top, but I do believe George Washington and John