Fabulous Old Folk Art Large Jumping Jack Circus Clown funky Maybe it's just me

Maybe it's just me

this young man seems wonderfully at ease

and it is one I handle pretty carefully as I believe it is really very old and somewhat fragile

makes them as fine as any I've seen

these were sculpted around wooden head-shaped molds made for the purpose

Fabulous Old Folk Art Large Jumping Jack Circus Clown funky Maybe it's just meThis cheerful fellow immediately made me happy when I spotted him, and who doesn't need more of that? I've seen a fair number of these old handmade "jumping jack" figures), but none as large as this one, whose hand painted face and colorful outfit (and spiky hands with painted nails!) I just love. His nose (actually two noses; he's double sided) is made of a separate piece of wood, attached with three old nails in a row, and while his strings are long