Japanese Papier Mache and Cloth Vintage Cat Hand Puppet box with drawer and imagine that he referred

and imagine that he referred to it quite a lot

4 3/4" across at lip

I think it is very old

And then there is the red hand-stitched string holding it together

and this is quite a charming one

Japanese Papier Mache and Cloth Vintage Cat Hand Puppet box with drawer and imagine that he referredThis 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