Curious Clay Thinking Man Teran Dark wood slider: 8

Dark wood slider: 8

which infamously sank during the Portland Gale blizzard of 1898

which has some small chips in it

augmented with pencil drawings of birds on three of the pages

And then especially his carefully crafted real suede helmet with hand-painted seams matched by his cutout suede football

Curious Clay Thinking Man Teran Dark wood slider: 8I really don't know a thing about this guy, but think perhaps he was an end of the day whimsy? He's definitely a folk creation, and the figure himself looks rather German, or perhaps Dutch to me, and there is the remnant of an old sticker on the underside of the base that looks like a hand written price in foreign currency. I do believe he's got a bunch of years on him, which have taken a bit of a toll there are a few repaired cracks to his base, and