Carved Articulated Folk Art Figure with Tin Helmet wooden bottle case came from a portfolio of

came from a portfolio of drawings by Pennsylvania folk/outsider artist Wayne B

with the well worn mark of James Brown

I'm guessing it likely once served a function rather than being a whimsy of sorts

somewhat dirty Snoopy himself and these two little girls in their parkas

Certainly useful for the painter's among us

Carved Articulated Folk Art Figure with Tin Helmet wooden bottle case came from a portfolio ofI'd have to guess WWI on this guy, who I take for a soldier with a small bowl on his head for a make do helmet, and it would not surprise me if he was actually carved in the trenches. He was constructed as a jig figure, to be held up and danced on a platform, as his legs move backward but not forward at his knees. I really love his geometric facial features, carved in relief and colored orange, which give his a bit of a Mr. Potato Head aspect, while