Carved Articulated Folk Art Figure with Tin Helmet antique Parker and wood trade card which I believe is pine

which I believe is pine

one ear that is notably shorter than the other and a bright red drippy collar

but overall they are in very good shape

With an embossed stamp bearing the name of its former owner--Steven Guarnaccia

which I know from experience is a very rare thing indeed

Carved Articulated Folk Art Figure with Tin Helmet antique Parker and wood trade card which I believe is pineI'd have to guess WWI on this guy, who I take for a soldier with a small bowl on his head for a make do helmet, and it would not surprise me if he was actually carved in the trenches. He was constructed as a jig figure, to be held up and danced on a platform, as his legs move backward but not forward at his knees. I really love his geometric facial features, carved in relief and colored orange, which give his a bit of a Mr. Potato Head aspect, while