Very Endearing Japanese Monkey Hand Puppet textile wall hanging His "backward R/forward R" maker’s

His "backward R/forward R" maker’s mark dates from the 50s and appears on objects sold internationally through the export company Gebr

forms a hard

I found this beautiful badger hair brush at the estate sale of an artist who had a gorgeous studio stocked with highest quality supplies for work in most every medium

it's just a beautiful thing

at a recent estate sale

Very Endearing Japanese Monkey Hand Puppet textile wall hanging His "backward R/forward R" maker’sThat face! Everything about this homely monkey hand puppet seems just to cry out "love me!," and the fact that he seems to have had a pretty rough life pulls at my heart strings even more. I believe his head is made of plaster, which has some small chips in it, and from which some of the brown paint has worn off. His body is sewn of flannel, with a few spots and stains and one loose seam at the neck, but very soft and still holding together everywhere