Polka Dot Painted Large Handmade Wooden Clown Acrobat Squeeze Toy collage so finely woven of bear

so finely woven of bear grass with cedar bark rims

and wonderful scalloped edges around the bark of the exterior

and the bottom half of the basket mirroring the top

watercolor and pencil on paper

While one would expect it to be a Foo Dog that would appear on the top of a Chinese match box holder

Polka Dot Painted Large Handmade Wooden Clown Acrobat Squeeze Toy collage so finely woven of bearI have a super soft spot for these old acrobatic squeeze toys, and this old one is the real deal and about my favorite I've seen. Pull the ends together at the base of the handle with the right pressure and he'll do a handstand, flip all the way over, or assume a few positions in between! Hard to beat that yellow costume with red polka dots, clown hat and booties, and then stippled black hair and red crosses for his eyes perfectly offset by the great