Fantastic Old Folk Art Oil Cloth Black Cat with Whiskers and Trousers Papier Mache puppets But I've searched and searched

But I've searched and searched and not found another quite like it

the donkeys--and companion elephants

from the bright red boat

I think it completely transcends seasonality

Fantastic Old Folk Art Oil Cloth Black Cat with Whiskers and Trousers Papier Mache puppets But I've searched and searchedQuite a cat, hand sewn of oil cloth I think at least a hundred years ago, and surely one of a kind. The terrific pink, heart shaped stitched on nose and mouth are sewn on with the same loop type stitching as used to hold the cat together, and then these fantastic hanging whiskers on either side, some still tipped in yellow paint. Plus red linen trousers held up with buttoned straps. The green sparkly center of one of the beaded eyes is gone and he is