Best Old Painted Face on Post with Excellent Patina and Unknown Function (Carnival?) Coney Island souvenir Perhaps it is actually Kegel

Perhaps it is actually Kegel (German 9 pin bowling) that he is playing

To my knowledge this seems a fairly unusual Inuit carving

1910s British

and which gives the piece a terrific immediacy

together with its stance

Best Old Painted Face on Post with Excellent Patina and Unknown Function (Carnival?) Coney Island souvenir Perhaps it is actually KegelI have no real idea what function this once served maybe some sort of a carnival knock down? Whatever the case, it has seen some knocking around, adding up to a perfect patina on that marvelous painted face, which in no world could I resist. Just an excellent thing with just the best old painted surface. 11" t x 3 1 4" w (face is 3 1 4" in diameter) x 2" deep. Perfect patina, structurally super sturdy and sound, with a loop on reverse for hanging.