Wonderful Antique Hanging Carved and Jointed Wooden Figures with Joined Arms lock and key pattern Structurally super sound and sturdy

Structurally super sound and sturdy

Produced with local clayand decorated with brushes made of the hair of their children

It measures 5 1/2" tall x 1 3/4" in diameter at widest

Hand built of earthenware/terra cotta

Wonderful Antique Hanging Carved and Jointed Wooden Figures with Joined Arms lock and key pattern Structurally super sound and sturdyThis perpetually joined pair is among my very favorite things I've found, just lovely and lovingly made from heads to toes. It seems very likely that their heads and torsos at least were carved from clothespins (perhaps they once hung from the clothesline along with the laundry!), with additional carved pieces added for their legs and arms, which are attached via thread wrapped wire at hips and shoulders. At the top center of their extended arms are