Painted Handmade Wooden Penguin with Long Nose horse in landscape I love this little clay

I love this little clay lion

but--thanks to the help of Instagram followers

I think it is truly an extraordinary object

I would guess it dates to the 1940s or 50s

Painted Handmade Wooden Penguin with Long Nose horse in landscape I love this little clayAnother sweet handmade wooden animal to add the the menagerie. I really love the painting on this skinny penguin, plus its disproportionately large head and ochre colored long nose and then those tiny little feet, upon which it balances perfectly. Pretty great, and signed on the underside of one foot, with what appears to read Nak Nik (or possibly Mak Mik!) Great vintage condition. 4 3 8" tall x 1 1 2" wide x 2 3 4" deep (at nose!)