Brilliantly Hinged Old Carved Folk Art Man 19th century map it was a frequent stop

it was a frequent stop en route home via the T

9 3/4" tall x 8 3/4" wide x 1/2" deep

to deliver in secret

and typically depicted as a red robed bearded man

Brilliantly Hinged Old Carved Folk Art Man 19th century map it was a frequent stopSuch a fabulous fellow, to me looking like a bit professorial, and unusually and quite brilliantly hinged at the waist, which makes it easy to take a seat! It looks like he once had arms and surely feet, too, but I think he's just as well without them, such that one only needs to negotiate one moving part! Wonderfully carved head with beak like nose and ears, and what I believe was a combination of ink and graphite drawing the hair, mustache, eyes and