Fantastic Old Folk Art Oil Cloth Black Cat with Whiskers and Trousers wooden swallows and the bird that appears

and the bird that appears on one side

"Tales of the Igloo

with its origins traced to the spread of Hinduism in the medieval era and the arrival of leather-based puppet arts called thalubomalata from southern India

their larger pieces go for many thousands of dollars

watching him walk will

Fantastic Old Folk Art Oil Cloth Black Cat with Whiskers and Trousers wooden swallows and the bird that appearsQuite 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