Primitively Carved, Jointed Man with Great Face brass Swiss cheese holder so would have worked more

so would have worked more like a marionette--though his long flat feet seem definitely designed for tapping

There is a nick to the wood of the roof at one corner

and silversmithing technician whose specialties included mosaics and jewelry

with light wear and aging to top

Primitively Carved, Jointed Man with Great Face brass Swiss cheese holder so would have worked moreLove at first sight with this guy, who lost the toe on one foot along the way and looks perhaps to have once gripped something with one hand, but otherwise is very much better for his age and is very amenable to posing all sorts of ways, including standing up straight on his own. It's his face I love most, with these two very deep holes for the eyes, looking as if burrowed out with an old square nail, and the fainter suggestion of a large, wide nose