SOLD Folk Art Whirligig Man in Polychrome with Red Tin Hat weller various species of wild life

various species of wild life

11 1/2" wide x 8 3/4" tall x 9" deep

making it feel all the more a special object

which is pretty firm but a little squishy too

Found the other day in New Hampshire and I would think 19th c

SOLD Folk Art Whirligig Man in Polychrome with Red Tin Hat weller various species of wild lifeI presume this old whirligig was meant to represent a soldier in his bright red painted tin hat with crisp brim at front, but he also makes me think of a train conductor, and in his white outfilt of a baseball player too, so I think he can swing many ways! I especially like the very long blades of his rotating arms, which still turn easily and smoothly, and with one of them touching the ground it seems as if he might be paddling a boat (or a paddle