Carved Articulated Folk Art Figure with Tin Helmet wooden bottle case and there are a couple

and there are a couple of small patches of loose stitching--on one side of the head and on the side of one knee

came from a portfolio of drawings by Pennsylvania folk/outsider artist Wayne B

somewhat dirty Snoopy himself and these two little girls in their parkas

clean with writing strong and clear

I'm not much of a gambler

Carved Articulated Folk Art Figure with Tin Helmet wooden bottle case and there are a coupleI'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