Wonderful Old Mechanical Woodchoppers Folk Art Toy New Mexican pottery woven of oak splint I

woven of oak splint I believe

When I first spotted this wonderful little carved wooden boot I guessed it was a snuff box

The longest side measures 9 3/8" long and it measures about 7 1/2" across

and would I think be especially great hung from one nail on on the wall

Wonderful Old Mechanical Woodchoppers Folk Art Toy New Mexican pottery woven of oak splint IDefinitely an old one, and certainly one of a kind someone put some special love into coloring the outfits and drawing the pencil faces on these two very charming wood choppers! I especially love the plaid pants of the one with red shirt, and the contrast between his serious expression and the bright eyed, smiling (and a bit sneaky looking) expression of the other, perhaps his son. The toy works perfectly still pushing or pulling the handles causes