attributed Pinta Williams (NC, 1905-1954), Brant

Ocracoke, North Carolina, circa 1940, carved and painted wood.

Length 16.75 in.

Pinta Williams spent time at a New Jersey life saving station and was influenced by the Jersey carvers. He often inletted his ballasts and heads. This example has an inletted head.


Old gunning paint with moderate wear, age checks to body.