SOLD Rare Antique Conehead Figure with Chair Acrobat Toy, Made in Norway wooden bowl with handle all the more for trials

all the more for trials he's surely been through

There is a bit of bending to the tin along the top edge and plenty of rust on the back side but just a little  in the background on the front

Hard not to feel a little happier with this around

and these great swinging arms to make knocking them down all the more dramatic

As with many of my favorite Inuit pieces

SOLD Rare Antique Conehead Figure with Chair Acrobat Toy, Made in Norway wooden bowl with handle all the more for trialsCertainly I've bought and sold a few mechanical acrobats of various sorts, but I've never before seen one whose whole routine centers around standing on and flipping up and over a chair! I presume this white painted cone headed figure once wore a hat of some sort, but I quite like them as is (what a wonderful face) and with a little playing around one can use the wire handle to raise and swing him (or her) into all sorts of positions, and hold them