Pair of Diminuitive Old Carved Marionette Heads soldiers on horseback and is great both standing

and is great both standing on end or laying horizontally

I believe this was used as a reference for a much larger ledger in which the accounts of each of the individuals/families named here were kept

Plus I think rolling them around in the hand must be good for stress relief

Image size is 8 7/8" x 5 7/8"

There are light surface scratches and stains to the interior center of the bowl

Pair of Diminuitive Old Carved Marionette Heads soldiers on horseback and is great both standingI wish I knew how these two came to be. And yet it seems rather right that they should exist without context, seeming all the more existential, and making me think of Estragon and Vladimir from Waiting for Godot. I believe they were the heads of marionettes, their bodies now long done but the pair definitely seeming as if they've still got dramas they want to enact! With carved and painted heads on dowels that extend to the bottom of their chests,