Japanese Papier Mache and Cloth Vintage Cat Hand Puppet interlocking from the bright red boat

from the bright red boat

5" high x 1 5/8" wide

I might use this bowl as a small planter

though it is so distinctive and beautifully decorated I think I'd be more inclined to treat it as a design object than to drink out of it--I  might put it to use as a small planter

Japanese Papier Mache and Cloth Vintage Cat Hand Puppet interlocking from the bright red boatThis cat puppet! I really love it. Made in Japan, it dates I believe to the 1940s. The papier mache head is hand painted,with fantastic bright blue eyes, pink ears, black nose, and blood red mouth, matched absolutely perfectly with a body stitched together from three different striped cotton fabrics. It's best sized for a small hand, though I managed to fit mine inside, with one finger in each armhole and another inside the opening to the head. Oh, I