Hand-puppet Animals with Painted Papier Mache Heads - Set of 4 cryptomeria horny toad The basket measures 9 1/4"

The basket measures 9 1/4" wide x 9" deep

This piece I believe is a portion of an antique Middle Eastern camel saddle bag

and clearly it had been there a very long time

3 1/2" shortest diameter

and are in very good vintage condition

Hand-puppet Animals with Painted Papier Mache Heads - Set of 4 cryptomeria horny toad The basket measures 9 1/4"I'm never one to pass by a charming hand puppet, and all the better to find a set of them! Here we have an elephant, cat, bird, and I'm not completely sure on the fourth one with the pink head, a pig? I think the painted painted faces are pretty fabulous, perhaps especially that blue elephant with long trunk and the long yellow beak of the bird. Their clothes are made of a sort of nylon, secured with ribbons toughly wrapped around their necks. Plenty