Wonderful Old Jointed Clown Whirligig Fragment joseph albers 2" diameter

2" diameter

presumably straight off the streets of Amsterdam

I am not entirely certain if this doll is vintage or antique

or keep it on the table filled with water or red wine

who lived for a time in Hawaii (hence the backs of the cards

Wonderful Old Jointed Clown Whirligig Fragment joseph albers 2" diameterIm pretty sure this was once part of a whirligig, but think it's pretty perfect just as it is now, with this clown (who, though I doubt intentional, looks like a woman to me, and also a bit witchy) attached by a couple of screws to the plank behind her, which terminates in a baby blue ball, giving a pom pom to the tip of her darker blue hat! Her arms move, as do her legs, though they have no feet, and I must say with one arm lifted over her head she