folk art

Hi! I'm new to the forum so please let me know if I do anything wrong :). I bought this small but intricately carved and painted rocking horse at a local thrift store. It appears to be very old with some nails and putty of some sort attaching the carved solid wood body to the rocker base. There...

Well I kinda know what this is...obviously it is Alaska. But I have no clue what type of art category this falls into. And I have no idea who the artist is, although I can make out "MCO '90 or MEO '90" on the bottom right corner (pictured). Oh yea, forgot to mention this this is HEAVY! 13 lbs on...

I came across this in a lot at an auction. Anyone able to tell me anything about it? It's about 6" or so long. I'm on my cell phone, so I can only post a link to the ebay auction for the pics (I will edit later) Edit: Here is the link for pics: Hand Carved Wooden Folding Knife