Carved Articulated Folk Art Figure with Tin Helmet fake food with motifs suggesting hearts and

with motifs suggesting hearts and sun and stars and cascading waves

for display rather than playing with for sure

A few years later

one could punch some out for play and frame the complete sheets

Carved Articulated Folk Art Figure with Tin Helmet fake food with motifs suggesting hearts andI'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