Painted Handmade Wooden Penguin with Long Nose horse in landscape I love this little clay

I love this little clay lion

executed in black ink on paper that I think was once much closer to white than it is today

)--took the trouble to drill holes through the wood in order to stitch through its little pink nose and those great button eyes

and I've especially come to love little tabletop chests like this one

Painted Handmade Wooden Penguin with Long Nose horse in landscape I love this little clayAnother sweet handmade wooden animal to add the the menagerie. I really love the painting on this skinny penguin, plus its disproportionately large head and ochre colored long nose and then those tiny little feet, upon which it balances perfectly. Pretty great, and signed on the underside of one foot, with what appears to read Nak Nik (or possibly Mak Mik!) Great vintage condition. 4 3 8" tall x 1 1 2" wide x 2 3 4" deep (at nose!)