Carved Articulated Folk Art Figure with Tin Helmet antique Parker and wood trade card which I know from experience

which I know from experience is a very rare thing indeed

made in the 1940s or so by a Richard King from Minnesota

would originally have been a decorative pane on a large clock

Standing dimensions: 7 3/4" tall x 4 1/2" w x 4 5/8" d

as pictured--super minor

Carved Articulated Folk Art Figure with Tin Helmet antique Parker and wood trade card which I know from experienceI'd have to guess WWI on this guy, who I take for a soldier with a small bowl on his head for a make do helmet, and it would not surprise me if he was actually carved in the trenches. He was constructed as a jig figure, to be held up and danced on a platform, as his legs move backward but not forward at his knees. I really love his geometric facial features, carved in relief and colored orange, which give his a bit of a Mr. Potato Head aspect, while