Wonderful Make Do Wooden Post Doll with Wrapped Fabric lenticular glasses then hand-finished each kernel using

then hand-finished each kernel using dental tools

and a chunk out of the wood along the bottom edge on the back side

individual cubes measure 1 1/4" per side

but at some point not very long ago a board was nailed to the back with a hanging loop-I would guess replacing an old back that had split fairly badly

Great on the table or desk (I think perhaps a useful stress reliever or thinking device)

Wonderful Make Do Wooden Post Doll with Wrapped Fabric lenticular glasses then hand-finished each kernel usingThis wonderful thing! Its body is an old turned wooden post of some sort, into which eyes were scraped, punctuated with pencil at their centers and a little nose and mouth below, making it look rather like a cat. Around the dowel two different layers of cotton cloth were wrapped around and around, with two slits cut in the heavier cloth through which the hand sewn calico arms were pulled out. Those arms look to have received a few mends near the ends