Marvelous Carved Folk Art Crocodile cloth puppet and fully functional

and fully functional

on nail stilts

Since finding one of these amazing old "yarn winder" whimsies in a bottle at Brimfield last summer

stood on the bedside table

Strangest are the arms--one entirely missing

Marvelous Carved Folk Art Crocodile cloth puppet and fully functionalAmong my favorite finds ever! This old carved crocodile appears to me to have been carefully crayoned green, with black for his beady eyes and red for the inside of his giant mouth. His little feet were each carved separately then fit super snuggly into holes carved out in his sides, and his was given wonderful carved texture all down his back. To me, the complete essence of a friendly crocodile and just a marvelous thing. 9 5 8" l x 1 7 8" w x 15 16"