Sweet Old Whittled, Jointed Man with Newsboy Cap Takeo Takei coarse horsehair bristles (with just

coarse horsehair bristles (with just a few lighter mixed in)

And then the back is painted too

they were a predecessor to jack straws and pick up sticks

2 3/8" tall

Sweet Old Whittled, Jointed Man with Newsboy Cap Takeo Takei coarse horsehair bristles (with justDespite this fellow's rather stoic expression, he has quite a warm presence and I think a very sweet disposition! He was for sure lovingly done, from that great cap (with a rather chimney like post on top, which almost seems like it might one have had held a propeller!) to the buttons down his front, to his little pants pocket, which looks a bit like a holster. He is fairly light in weight and seems perhaps to have been carved from driftwood, with the