Great Hand-painted Yellow Cutout Wooden Chicken on Orange Base Alice Nanogak print but refused

but refused

and now are pretty rare to find--after spending a little time building with this one

I think this little antique printing block is super cool

and the brass looks very much to me like  melted down shell casings

with a Southwestern flair to boot

Great Hand-painted Yellow Cutout Wooden Chicken on Orange Base Alice Nanogak print but refusedThough unsigned, if I had to guess, I might think this great wooden folk art chicken was the work of well known Georgia folk artist RA Miller (1912 2006) the silhouette and use of line is very similar, though perhaps it is a little too refined. At any rate, a pretty terrific chicken rooster? I think, with wonderfully graphic, black painted details and the perfect orange painted base. Super. 8 11 16" tall c 5 7 8" wide x 2 1 4" deep (at base); bird