Antique Carved, Jointed Figure with Hand-drawn Face and Button Front model train platform Pencil and watercolor on natural

Pencil and watercolor on natural colored construction paper

There is a bit of loss the far edge of the sliding piece

Sight: 14 3/8" x 11 3/8"

plus pads at the temples on the insides for comfort

but instead in the heel

Antique Carved, Jointed Figure with Hand-drawn Face and Button Front model train platform Pencil and watercolor on naturalOne can just barely make out an old graphite drawn face of this very old friend, who might once have had hands and feet but I think maybe more likely was a large acrobat squeeze toy, with strings strung through the holes at the ends of his (extra long) arms and legs. Now, hell sit up on his own, with arms situated either in front of, or behind him. Quite a sweet one I think with primitively carved head and torso, buttons drawn down his front, arms and