Antique Cut Tin Dancing Man Toy with Wire Handle hair braiding ) and the rest symbolizing

) and the rest symbolizing all manner of attributes and occurrences

Drawing size (visible) is 6 7/8" x 4 5/8"

but really like how the owl (with pencil-drawn face) animates this set

Quite a fun one and a great gift I'd think for any motorcycle-loving or adventure-fantasizing friend or partner

Antique Cut Tin Dancing Man Toy with Wire Handle hair braiding ) and the rest symbolizingFound in Maine, this is an old one, with the fat iron nails at his joints and rust all over attesting to it. One sees these cut metal figures now and then, which, like their jointed wooden counterparts, were meant to be danced around, as this one still will, which is quite fun to do, with just a little stiffness in his right knee! I love the fingers on the hands most of all, but also his very long nose! Mid late 19th c. I believe. 14 1 8 t not