This is a life size ship's figure head of LIBERTY with a nautical flag.  She has been sculpted with old world gouges and chisels by K. William Kautz whose work has appeared in The Museum of American Folk Art (NYC), The Shelburne Museum (Vermont), Colonial Williamsburg (Virginia), and the Nantucket Whaling Museum (Massachusetts).  More information can be had by googling the artist's website.  I am willing to offer free delivery on this piece within 500 miles.