Different Art Forms

My search brought me to this site where I found a very interesting sculpture.  There are also other art forms represented on this site.
The sculpture is what I find so interesting.  It reminds me of a wooden sculpture from Africa my parents had many years ago.  The difference is this one has so much more detail.


this tall slim sculpture looks to me like it is either on a very slim pedestal or part of a walking stick.  It's hard for me to tell for certain if the wood is of a particular type and whether it has any delicate carvings.  I can tell it is definitely a person, has areas cut away similar to the rounded areas you would see on chair legs and
is a nice relaxing  medium brown in color.  It is definitely is different from a lot of the art I've seen recently.  Actually it could if someone made a few changes perhaps be a modern art work  If it were square and bit wider I think it might be mistaken for modern art.  I like it the way it is and wouldn't change anything.  This modern art thing is my imagination exercising.

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