Primitive Old Painted Wooden Clock Face with Moveable Arms paper mask The papier mache head is

The papier mache head is hand-painted

To my eye a total charmer

and listed at $150 on Bay

Its mane is chipped along the edge (visible from certain angles) as well

But sometimes

Primitive Old Painted Wooden Clock Face with Moveable Arms paper mask The papier mache head isI assume this clock face would have been made for teaching time, but it seems curious that each hour would be divided into five rather than six segments, marking 12 minutes at a time rather than 10! Whoever made it did take care to make those delineations, though, carving them into the wood as well, it appears, as marking them with graphite. I was just immediately attracted to the look of it, with the red painted numbers popping against the much aged