Ceramic Woman Shaped Whistle, Presumed Mexican handcarved or even a tusk-less walrus

or even a tusk-less walrus

but I think it is fabulous

especially love the yellow painted square with the X-ACTO man graphic in the left corner

This absolutely stunning hand-wrought hammered aluminum tray/charger features exquisite low relief renderings of all of the signs and names of the zodiac in low relief on its face

Ceramic Woman Shaped Whistle, Presumed Mexican handcarved or even a tusk-less walrusWhat a fabulous little woman shaped clay whistle! I think shes Mexican and I love everything about her, from her great red hat with white and blue stripes, to her red lips, to the sun or star like pattern surrounding the hole of the whistle, to her proud profile, which makes me think of a carved figurehead on the prow of a ship. Plus, she whistles! The whistle is in great shaped structurally but its surface shows some age and wear, with some loss