Old Cigar Box-Carved Folk Art Squeeze Toy Acrobat brutalist pottery vase The face on this woman

The face on this woman totally kills me

(I've whited out the frame in one image in case distracting

But they're not in your thoughts a minute when your thirst makes you stand right in line / And the man in the apron says 'What will you have' / You say 'Just make it Moxie for mine

There is one chip in the wood at one far bottom corner (the left

Plenty of stains but in this case I rather think they add to it

Old Cigar Box-Carved Folk Art Squeeze Toy Acrobat brutalist pottery vase The face on this womanI've got a weakness for these old acrobat squeeze toy, the folkier the better. This sweet, relatively humble one was made from cigar box wood I believe. I especially love the zig zag silhouette of the head. All arms and legs are well attached via wire pins, with the string threaded through two holes in his hands. 10 1 2" x 2 3 4" x 1" overall. Figure measures 4 1 2" tall. Nice warm dry wood patina.