Wolf Chasing Deer in Forest, Old Folk Art Painting on Wood Panel primitively carved native to south-west China

native to south-west China

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leather toe strap (surely salvaged from something else

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Wolf Chasing Deer in Forest, Old Folk Art Painting on Wood Panel primitively carved native to south-west ChinaThis is one of a pair of paintings I found together yesterday in Maine, clearly done by the same person and I think equally terrific. (The other is a little larger.) I assume it is a wolf chasing these two deer, both of whom show a bit of red paint on their front legs, whether documenting or foreshadowing their fate I am not sure, but certainly lending a sense of urgency and vulnerability. I love the use of white paint outlining their lower bodies,