Wonderful Early Folk Art Sawing Man Whirligig, Working! Baskets & Boxes take it to the beach

take it to the beach or put it on a shelf and I think you will find it as perfect a pail as I do

This seems about right

Her pursed painted lips and bent arms with hands on hips just amplify the effect

2 3/8" tall x 2 3/8" wide x 2 3/4" deep

Very early 20th century I believe

Wonderful Early Folk Art Sawing Man Whirligig, Working! Baskets & Boxes take it to the beachThis is actually the very first whirligig I have ever bought (aside from a few figures salvaged from broken ones) I often look at them, but they often seem more awkward and cumbersome than I want to deal with but not this one, which I find really very elegant and just right in every possible way. Photos really do it no justice; the beauties of the old paint are subtle, the white doesn't come across well in images, and it has a terrific humble delicacy