Fantastic Old Folk Art Oil Cloth Black Cat with Whiskers and Trousers Papier Mache puppets with a 5/8" opening and

with a 5/8" opening and 1 3/4" diameter at base

I believe this a clay fertility figure from the Caraja

or filled with a bloom

I think it completely transcends seasonality

Fantastic Old Folk Art Oil Cloth Black Cat with Whiskers and Trousers Papier Mache puppets with a 5/8" opening andQuite a cat, hand sewn of oil cloth I think at least a hundred years ago, and surely one of a kind. The terrific pink, heart shaped stitched on nose and mouth are sewn on with the same loop type stitching as used to hold the cat together, and then these fantastic hanging whiskers on either side, some still tipped in yellow paint. Plus red linen trousers held up with buttoned straps. The green sparkly center of one of the beaded eyes is gone and he is