Chunky, Slightly Wonky Vintage Carved Whimsy vintage hand puppet I've really fallen in love

I've really fallen in love with this curiosity

but would also be fun for serving canapé

used for sharpening needles

I think how not too

at shoulders and near the base

Chunky, Slightly Wonky Vintage Carved Whimsy vintage hand puppet I've really fallen in loveThis one I found in a shop in Nashville sitting next to a folk art cribbage board I also purchased (and since sold) and I might guess they were made by the same person though I am not certain. So many different reasons to like whimsies and so many different sorts of whimsies to like. this large and chunky one is a far cry from expertly done, but I like it for that, including for leaning a bit like the tower of Pisa from one side. One has the sense its