#170

American Wooden Chinaman Acrobat by Schoenhut 
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$1,500
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Description
8" (20 cm.) All-wooden figure with two-part swivel head, pale yellow complexion, painted features, small eyes, closed mouth with smile, row of painted teeth, attached ears, painted black pate and long extended yarn queue, jointing at shoulders and hips. Condition: generally excellent, some aging of costume. Comments: Schoenhut, circa 1910. Value Points: rare style I of the Chinaman acrobat from the Humpty Dumpty Circus has original costume, and is holding his original white wooden balancing bowl.