Large, Lead Weighted Old Carnival Knock Down Cat cooking and serving bowls In the right spot

In the right spot

but was done in the 1930s by Helen Wagner Malta (1912-1975)

a few hairline cracks in the bone

but still holding together ok

which are both familiar in format but also tell us much about the times: "If 100 men besieged in a town

Large, Lead Weighted Old Carnival Knock Down Cat cooking and serving bowls In the right spotI've never seen another carnival knock down quite like this one, the double sided cat constructed of what look to be four layers of wood, and the base three fat ones, with heavy lead weights on the underside which, together with the thick layers of wood, make it quite a challenge to knock down! Though definitely built to endure a lot of carnival action, sadly at some point the cat lost one of his faces but displayed gray side facing remains pretty