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JimLinderman
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As much taxidermy as folk art, this terrifying lion must have certainly been part of a menagerie, as whoever made him was magnificently talented. Wooden teeth, fake eyes, an actual animal skin around a internal frame of unknown material. The mane is gone, long gone, and replaced with another piece of animal skin tacked on with brads. Extraordinary! The entire body is hand-stitched, possibly with sinew...and the lion is ten inches long.
19th Century Folk Art Lion Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb
AnimalsThe breadth of objects made in the shapes of animals is as wide as the anim…
Animal Folk Art ObjectsBecause many folk artists were laborers who interacted with nature on a dai…
very interesting -- had never seen anything like it -- thanks for posting
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