Wonderful Old Painted Wooden Folk Art Crocodile on Tin Wheels story just adding to its aura

just adding to its aura I think

sharing with them an eerie

the really gives a sense of the owl's feathers as a form of camouflage

watercolor of a green pigeon

Some interior staining from use as a planter and a few unglazed spots/glaze chips around the interior lip

Wonderful Old Painted Wooden Folk Art Crocodile on Tin Wheels story just adding to its auraI've seen a few larger folk art pull toys (primarily dogs) made in this articulated manner, allowing the body to curve and snake, but I've never seen a crocodile, or one of this smaller (perfect!) scale. With a bit of a similar feel to those old Pennsylvania folk art turtle step stools I really love, and with a most excellent and perfectly aged paint job: sponged black paint animating the dark green, and yellow spots on top of that, plus eyes that