Polka Dot Painted Large Handmade Wooden Clown Acrobat Squeeze Toy collage so that the form is

so that the form is angular and the surfaces smooth

While one would expect it to be a Foo Dog that would appear on the top of a Chinese match box holder

and wonderful scalloped edges around the bark of the exterior

I believe it to be early 20th century African

Polka Dot Painted Large Handmade Wooden Clown Acrobat Squeeze Toy collage so that the form isI have a super soft spot for these old acrobatic squeeze toys, and this old one is the real deal and about my favorite I've seen. Pull the ends together at the base of the handle with the right pressure and he'll do a handstand, flip all the way over, or assume a few positions in between! Hard to beat that yellow costume with red polka dots, clown hat and booties, and then stippled black hair and red crosses for his eyes perfectly offset by the great