Hand-carved Old Marionette Puppet with Great Face, Hand-stitched Uniform folk art tin 3 3/4" long x 1

3 3/4" long x 1 3/4" tall

which just pops (though the polka dotted ends of her obi are pretty great too

head measures 4 1/2" wide x 4" deep

Based on others I have found

What a  feat of painstaking labor and craftsmanship

Hand-carved Old Marionette Puppet with Great Face, Hand-stitched Uniform folk art tin 3 3/4" long x 1I think the carved and painted face on this guy is just terrific, perhaps all the better for missing what I believe was once a glued on nose! He looks about as good natured as a fellow could be, and with that big smile, large ears, and Frankenstein like nails right above the ears (wrapped with thread), he looks like a bit of a goofball too! Definitely a marionette, with some of his strings long ago snipped but still attached (they would pull right out