Sweet and Self-Reflexive Old Match Covered Match Box old wooden pull toy I just love how curious

I just love how curious and bright eyed and open to the world the figure looks

says-it-all title--"Strayed"--and then this great description of the ears of the strayed heifer in question

The little pins at either side of the top turn and one can get them to stand pretty straight

which is marked Italy 439

Sweet and Self-Reflexive Old Match Covered Match Box old wooden pull toy I just love how curiousOf course an old match box should be encased in matches, each one burned black before being carefully laid down alongside the one before it. To my eye quite a satisfying thing formally, and even better self reflexive I'l like to think it was the matches from this very Red & White Brand match box that were used to make it, yielding the empty box! 5 1 8" x 3" x 1 3 4". Very good condition. C. 1940s or so, I believe.