Evocative Old Thumb Sucking Carved Figure in Pink Pajamas hanging bird cage exactly the slides pictured here

exactly the slides pictured here

This old painting just made me laugh when I saw it--not just for the pipe this little boy (I assume) is smoking

and the interior shows light rust but is clean and in good shape

About 5" long x 2 3/4" tall x 3 1/2" wide

Evocative Old Thumb Sucking Carved Figure in Pink Pajamas hanging bird cage exactly the slides pictured hereAs someone who sucked her thumb for more years than I might do well to admit, this one may especially speak to me personally, but I think there is something pretty universally relatable about the simple self soothing gesture this carving articulates, in a wonderfully elemental way. The wear to the polychromed surface, and to the features of the face especially, make it all the better and more existential feeling I think, and what I take for pink