As Found, Evocative Old Sheepskin Emery Bundle with Pins Everywhere papier mache figurine and a year at Columbia

and a year at Columbia University School of Architecture before being drawn away to follow his love of stone

the head itself holds its shape via a hard cardboard hat-shaped form inside

I purchased this wonderful old jointed wooden circus animal from a seller who had acquired a dozen or so pieces I believe by the same maker

I found a near exact likeness of this sweet blue and white mustard pot dating it to right around 1800

As Found, Evocative Old Sheepskin Emery Bundle with Pins Everywhere papier mache figurine and a year at ColumbiaI think this is just a great found object, certainly with an aspect of the voodoo doll to it. The leather, sheepskin I believe, holds emery powder, used for sharpening pins and needles. Tied with a red ribbon sort of a make do emery, about as far a cry from a silk strawberry as could be! Exactly as found, pins sticking out in all directions. 2 1 2" x 1 3 8" x 1". Sound and stable, exactly as found. The ribbon is old, so I'd be a bit gentle handling it.