Polka Dot Painted Large Handmade Wooden Clown Acrobat Squeeze Toy folk art fish each vessel measures exactly the

each vessel measures exactly the same dimensions in height as in diameter (from largest to smallest: 8

maybe made in Japan

painted in a combination of oil and acrylic by Kansas City artist Susi Lulaki on a shingle salvaged from an old house being torn down in Chase County

(See also its black and gold twin

--on the bottom in a calligraphic manner that I have not been able to decipher

Polka Dot Painted Large Handmade Wooden Clown Acrobat Squeeze Toy folk art fish each vessel measures exactly theI have a super soft spot for these old acrobatic squeeze toys, and this old one is the real deal and about my favorite I've seen. Pull the ends together at the base of the handle with the right pressure and he'll do a handstand, flip all the way over, or assume a few positions in between! Hard to beat that yellow costume with red polka dots, clown hat and booties, and then stippled black hair and red crosses for his eyes perfectly offset by the great