Paper Mache Miniature Ningyo as Butterfly Dancer, Circa 1930s

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5 1/2" (14 cm.) Posed dynamically with outstretched arms, and having paper mache head with gofun finish, painted features, gentle smiling expression black silk fiber hair, wooden hands, wearing an elaborately patterned costume including butterfly hat, and butterfly wings, carrying a drum, and posed on gilt-accented lacquered wooden base. Generally excellent. Circa 1930s