Carved Articulated Folk Art Figure with Tin Helmet antique Parker and wood trade card as pictured--super minor

as pictured--super minor

which I believe is pine

now softened

would originally have been a decorative pane on a large clock

Some wear to the spine but drawings are in very good shape and if desired should be fairly easy to remove cleanly with an exacto

Carved Articulated Folk Art Figure with Tin Helmet antique Parker and wood trade card as pictured--super minorI'd have to guess WWI on this guy, who I take for a soldier with a small bowl on his head for a make do helmet, and it would not surprise me if he was actually carved in the trenches. He was constructed as a jig figure, to be held up and danced on a platform, as his legs move backward but not forward at his knees. I really love his geometric facial features, carved in relief and colored orange, which give his a bit of a Mr. Potato Head aspect, while