Carved Wooden Gentleman with Pipe in Original Costume

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14" (36 cm.) Carved wooden socket head with sculpted and painted hair, painted complexion and facial features, blue outlined eyes, painted lashes and brows, closed mouth in smiling expression with row of painted teeth, hole in mouth for holding pipe, blushed cheeks, muslin disc-jointed body, carved wooden hands and shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: circa 1920. Value Points: fine original painting of hair and face, wearing original black woolen folklore costume.