Red, White & Blue Mini Barber Pole Hand-carved Whimsies - Sold Individually antique cloth which kept them in great

which kept them in great shape

which I believe to be Burmese

Perhaps it is especially because I keenly identify with this clumsy child

with great graphics

I've seen a lot of shoe- and boot-shaped old pin cushions

Red, White & Blue Mini Barber Pole Hand-carved Whimsies - Sold Individually antique cloth which kept them in greatI wonder if these charming old barber's pole whimsies were carved by a barber in his spare time? Maybe made as key fobs for the keys to the barber shop?! One finds some wonderful old hand carved barber shop poles and signs, but I've never seen mini versions like this. It may be the case that all three were once part of a larger piece, or the two short ones were opposite ends of one piece and the longer one has lost a link on the opposite end. At any