Carved Old Wooden Mountain Man Hermit with Bark willimansett I might use it as

I might use it as a serving dish

This hand thrown

or tea bags--is a great example

The bowl measures 9 1/2” across at widest and 5 1/2” tall

Established in 1952 by Weston and Brenda Andersen and still in operation

Carved Old Wooden Mountain Man Hermit with Bark willimansett I might use it asI guess these sorts of men, carved out of (into?) a knotty old piece of wood with bark still on it, are often referred to as mountain men, or wood spirits. I think of this guy as more of a hermit, and in fact he makes me think of Saint Francis in the wild, living at peace among the forest and animals. Though not easy to photograph (he absorbs all the light!), he's quite wonderfully done I think and definitely quite old; the wood is worn smooth with a