Sweet Handmade Wooden Skunk on Nail Post handmade puppets With the keys knocking against

With the keys knocking against each other when one shakes it

and legs that sway from side to side

but it could be polished further

The lip is a bit irregular due to the roughness of the clay

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Sweet Handmade Wooden Skunk on Nail Post handmade puppets With the keys knocking againstI come across many more old wooden cutout bunnies and roosters intended for the yard than I do skunks, so I was pretty pleased to find this guy, who is perfectly skunklike but not fussy in the least. He definitely shows age, but if he lived outdoors I don't think it was through New England winters, as the wood and paint cloth are in good shape. His post is a very long nail rather than a spike, so it seems possible he could have been a topper on