Handmade Hand Puppet with Painted Wood Face large bowl especially ones with moving parts

especially ones with moving parts

The dealer I purchased it from referred to it as an onion box

In perfect vintage condition

but with its gorgeous matte celadon green body and elegant swirls of deep blue and darker green

Handmade Hand Puppet with Painted Wood Face large bowl especially ones with moving partsI don't know anything about the history of this old hand puppet, which I found at an antique shop in Maine and just could not leave behind such humanity in this deeply carved and painted wooden face, with chunky screwed on nose and big drippy red mouth! And then this curly wool hair or maybe meant to be a cap, as there is another layer of brown hair peeking out at the back of his neck. He's had a life for sure, with holes now in his grey knitted wool