Highly Empathetic Rusty Old Welded Iron Garden Turtle folk art beaver the higher the value the

the higher the value the better) but have to have a knife in their hand in order to play them

which I am pretty sure is Arabic

with cutouts in the cardboard base for each shell -- and a dry kidney bean as well to hide underneath one of them

in this case with a whole history of reinforcements evident

Highly Empathetic Rusty Old Welded Iron Garden Turtle folk art beaver the higher the value theFound in Maine, I think this guy lived in a yard for a good many years, to my eye perfectly rusted and aged, as well as perfectly crude and a total charmer of a thing. Welded together of iron pieces, including a sweet little tail, and with a raised design animating his shell. 7 1 4 l x 4 5 8 w x 1 7 8 t, much aged and rusty but nut shedding, all to the good.