Sweet Old Whittled, Jointed Man with Newsboy Cap 1917 carving They are made of a

They are made of a mix of construction paper

I assume this duck was just made to be decorative rather than as a decoy

featuring a worker with horse-drawn cart

On the bottom of the front is again embossed the artist name in English and Japanese

this feels like a museum piece

Sweet Old Whittled, Jointed Man with Newsboy Cap 1917 carving They are made of aDespite this fellow's rather stoic expression, he has quite a warm presence and I think a very sweet disposition! He was for sure lovingly done, from that great cap (with a rather chimney like post on top, which almost seems like it might one have had held a propeller!) to the buttons down his front, to his little pants pocket, which looks a bit like a holster. He is fairly light in weight and seems perhaps to have been carved from driftwood, with the