Heavy Welded Iron Folk Art Bookends with Axes Indonesian mask little dog with stick legs

little dog with stick legs on leash beside him trying hard to keep up

There is a bit of a glare on a few of the photos

and also the title card

One can slide the weight on the metal balance attached to the arrow to adjust the height of the bait in the water

I find there is an appealing serenity to the painting

Heavy Welded Iron Folk Art Bookends with Axes Indonesian mask little dog with stick legsThis pair is heavy enough to hold up even the heaviest row of art books or perhaps ideally a bunch of tomes about self sufficiency, i. e. how to build a log cabin and the like! The "logs" are made of iron and hollow inside, and the axes I believe made of steel and welded onto the bases. They appear to have a good amount of age, and would be equally great just treated as tabletop sculptures, perhaps one to gift and one to keep for oneself! Each "log"