More questioning

katana · 8th September 2006, 12:05 PM

Tim, what an interesting piece......surely your example is an adze....but too ornate to be a 'working' tool.
I'm wondering whether in certain societies, carpenters (the adze is a woodworking tool), had certain status.

I'm not convinced that the figure is a stylized 'westerner'......if it is...'Andy Capp' may be due some Royalties

If there is intended 'comic' symbolism I think the 'tang in the anus' is a nice touch

8th September 2006, 12:05 PM	#8
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	Tim, what an interesting piece......surely your example is an adze....but too ornate to be a 'working' tool. I'm wondering whether in certain societies, carpenters (the adze is a woodworking tool), had certain status. I'm not convinced that the figure is a stylized 'westerner'......if it is...'Andy Capp' may be due some Royalties If there is intended 'comic' symbolism I think the 'tang in the anus' is a nice touch