Hand-carved Toy Gun handembroidered from wood to plastic to

from wood to plastic to metal to paint

and it makes me really happy to think of a young Paul drawing this just for Mildred many many years ago

and the yellow glow emitting from within--and also how it fills almost the whole paper

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and would guess the color comes from the same dyes used to color the wool

Hand-carved Toy Gun handembroidered from wood to plastic toAs simple as can be, but certainly it did the trick for some backyard play shootouts, with a well worn trigger hole, and what I think is a pretty great streamlined form. 9" long x 3 5 8" tall x 5 8" thick, good condition, with a good dry wood patina.