Hand-puppet Animals with Painted Papier Mache Heads - Set of 4 cryptomeria horny toad with the basket woven of

with the basket woven of sweet grass on a naturally green dyed splint ash structure and the pin cushion a rosy pink velvet

This piece I believe is a portion of an antique Middle Eastern camel saddle bag

or a fantastic wrap to wear with a little black dress on an evening out

Found in Massachusetts

I purchased this painting by Lois Gross Smiley (1925-2018) out of the studio of her estate in Wellesley

Hand-puppet Animals with Painted Papier Mache Heads - Set of 4 cryptomeria horny toad with the basket woven ofI'm never one to pass by a charming hand puppet, and all the better to find a set of them! Here we have an elephant, cat, bird, and I'm not completely sure on the fourth one with the pink head, a pig? I think the painted painted faces are pretty fabulous, perhaps especially that blue elephant with long trunk and the long yellow beak of the bird. Their clothes are made of a sort of nylon, secured with ribbons toughly wrapped around their necks. Plenty