Primitive Antique Jig Doll on Platform with Hand Crank animal illustrations and then a piece of

and then a piece of wire through a hole for the horns and a piece of twine for the tail

with nicely tapering wings and tail

made by The Embossing Company in Albany New York

From 1954 to 1958 he attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

to coloring grid patterns

Primitive Antique Jig Doll on Platform with Hand Crank animal illustrations and then a piece ofNice to find one of these old articulated figures still on its armature, and here with a hand crank that can be turned to suspend him forever mid air, or lower him to do a lurching sort of jig. With a very crudely carved face, great old blue paint on his pine body, and the beam that holds him punched right through his belly. Early 20th century American, all original, with just a small loss to one toe and a great immediacy and potent presence to it