Japanese Papier Mache and Cloth Vintage Cat Hand Puppet modular earrings With a few seemingly simple

With a few seemingly simple gestures

This is truly a lovely little thing

I especially love the perfectly round loop at the base of the handle

but must say that antique fishing bobbers are pretty tempting

Japanese Papier Mache and Cloth Vintage Cat Hand Puppet modular earrings With a few seemingly simpleThis cat puppet! I really love it. Made in Japan, it dates I believe to the 1940s. The papier mache head is hand painted,with fantastic bright blue eyes, pink ears, black nose, and blood red mouth, matched absolutely perfectly with a body stitched together from three different striped cotton fabrics. It's best sized for a small hand, though I managed to fit mine inside, with one finger in each armhole and another inside the opening to the head. Oh, I