Antique Cigar Box Wood Jointed Figure with Hand-drawn Face and One Leg Lost lake painting it should be stable and

it should be stable and content

The bottom still has its red felt attached

Produced with local clay

I have also found a few of these online described as hair combs or hair forks

I've been looking at a lot of whimsy chains carved from one piece of wood

Antique Cigar Box Wood Jointed Figure with Hand-drawn Face and One Leg Lost lake painting it should be stable andThe more time I spend with this jointed figure, crafted I'd think a century and a few decades ago from cigar box scraps, the more I love it and actually even more so I think for it's missing leg, the absence of which to me at least makes it's gestures feel rather more poignant. I especially love the effect of the old labels on the wood, very worn in some areas and not much in others, making for wonderful painterly surfaces. Plus a great pencil drawn