Smiling Old Jointed Clothes Pin Man man with barrel The black painted border is

The black painted border is structurally a frame around the sign panel

though I am not certain on that

and the painting really wonderful

who documented everything

but it also might have been the all purpose go-to for all sorts off mixing and stirring

Smiling Old Jointed Clothes Pin Man man with barrel The black painted border isA funny, happy little fellow, carved from a clothes pin I believe, with what I might guess is cigar box wood for his arms and legs, attached by wire and moving to and fro. Hes lost the toe of one black painted shoe but otherwise is in very good shape, with black tempera paint for his hat and face, slate gray for his shirt, and bright blue for his pants. 6 t x 1 1 8 wide, sound and not fragile, with a great dark dry wood patina to his face!