Black Americana Dancing Figures with Joined Arms vintage Japanese clown toy mottled oatmeal colored glaze and

mottled oatmeal colored glaze and hand-painted dark brown details

I might use it on the table or even bring it on a camping trip

Navel" (1925) with cutouts in the page that reveal the white page behind it

The body and head are carved of one piece

I imagine this spectacular white glazed

Black Americana Dancing Figures with Joined Arms vintage Japanese clown toy mottled oatmeal colored glaze andThere are a wide array of Black Americana wooden dancing figures, but I've never seen another joined pair like this. I imagine that there was once a thin rod or wire that attached to the holes on either side of their arms by which one would hold them up and make them dance, but now they are just as is. I really love the arc of those orange arms, which gives them a sense of movement even while they are standing still plus, there are those black boots!