James Bone, "Stuck," Ink Drawing, 1970 carved wood figure with royalty and high-ranking officials

with royalty and high-ranking officials considering it fashionable to wear carved fruit pit accessories

and the little ones are each  approx

even varnish on it and is in perfect condition

Approx 5" long x 2 3/4" tall x 2 3/8" wide

A lot of love invested in this

James Bone, "Stuck," Ink Drawing, 1970 carved wood figure with royalty and high-ranking officialsI think this is a fantastic drawing giving form to "stuck" ness in an explicitly literal (and very 1970s) way, but one which also feels super true and resonant. And what a beautifully drawn tangle of stretching limbs and grabbing hands, with these dense patches of fine hair like lines along the borders between bodies. I must say that since first seeing it, I have not been able to get this drawing out of my mind. What I know about James Bone is that he