Marvelous Antique Carved Folk Art Bust and Ball in Cage Whimsy - A Pair finger puppets and I must say it

and I must say it makes me pretty happy just to look at them

from what I understand is actually an old nail rake

and the horsehair in the plaster is visible around the edges

but perhaps a restaurant

The ex voto gives thanks to Juan Diego (the first Catholic indigenous saint from the Americas and pictured at upper left) for giving him the great strength to achieve the very difficult task of beating the bug

Marvelous Antique Carved Folk Art Bust and Ball in Cage Whimsy - A Pair finger puppets and I must say itLittle but hugely wonderful! These two definitely have well over a hundred years on them, and I'd think well more than that. I'd bet were made from the same piece of wood; they are of the same width, and the little bust with stool legs stacks perfectly atop the ball in cage. They bear what I believe their original black stain paint, which I think adds to a bit of mystery about them. Really great. And note the tiny carved "x"s on one side of the