Empathetic One Armed Wooden Man in Red Cap early celluloid checkers " but it must have

" but it must have been lost quite some time ago as the wood has aged enough to make the loss pretty much disappear

Though I didn't know it when I found him

The underside is cardboard and the whole thing is quite sturdy and sound and to my sensibilities really pretty fabulous

and I like it nearly as much from the back as the front

In my experience it's a pretty rare thing to find an old tramp art box that wasn't varnished or painted

Empathetic One Armed Wooden Man in Red Cap early celluloid checkers " but it must havePerhaps this guy was a jockey, and maybe once part of a whirligig, I'm not sure, but he's long since retired, whatever the case, and I really love him as he is now. Nice old paint, wonderfully weathered, and clearly a bid wounded now. He'll stand if leaned against something, or certainly a hook could be added to hang him on the wall. 14 5 8" t x 3" wide with arm down, 1 1 8" d. Structurally stable and sound, missing one arm and the toe of one foot as