Miniature Paper Mache Archer (Yabusame) with Unusual Brown Painted Hat, Early 1900s

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7" (18 cm.) Paper mache head with lightly-tinted gofun finish, painted facial features including moustache, high-domed bald pate, black silk fiber sidelocks extending in a tied-down topknot, and wearing a silk brocade costume with unusual variation of sleeves, cuff ties at wrists, silver metallic short trousers, painted blue stockings, unusual brown painted paper mache hat in woven design to simulate reed, and carrying two swords attached to his front belt, bow and a sling of arrows. See #165 for large version of a similiar ningyo. Excellent condition. Taisho era, early 1900s.