Sweet Old Whittled, Jointed Man with Newsboy Cap Takeo Takei very smooth and with a

very smooth and with a great patina

coarse horsehair bristles (with just a few lighter mixed in)

And then the back is painted too

I purchased the piece from the estate of a dancer/choreographer in Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood

Sweet Old Whittled, Jointed Man with Newsboy Cap Takeo Takei very smooth and with 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