Hand-puppet Animals with Painted Papier Mache Heads - Set of 4 festive textile who built the bodies of

who built the bodies of the two figures by welding together a mosh-mosh of nuts and bolts and other assorted iron bits

The burlap is shedding a bit and the red thread on one arm has come a bit unravelled

Really the perfect all day every day coffee cups

dating to the late 20th century I believe

5" long x 3" wide x 2" tall and in great vintage condition

Hand-puppet Animals with Painted Papier Mache Heads - Set of 4 festive textile who built the bodies ofI'm never one to pass by a charming hand puppet, and all the better to find a set of them! Here we have an elephant, cat, bird, and I'm not completely sure on the fourth one with the pink head, a pig? I think the painted painted faces are pretty fabulous, perhaps especially that blue elephant with long trunk and the long yellow beak of the bird. Their clothes are made of a sort of nylon, secured with ribbons toughly wrapped around their necks. Plenty