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Description
10" (25 cm.) Carved wooden waist-up figure of Becassine with jointed right arm, carved and painted details of classic costume and cap, a cloth knapsack slung over left arm, attached to a blue painted pine-cone "skirt" and with hinged lower legs and feet. Condition: structurally excellent, painted finish is very rubbed. Comments: Becassine, a unique presentation of the French storybook character, early 1900s. Value Points: the rare model has curious symbolic construction.