Wooden Cutout Folk Art Boy Cook, 1940s, by Richard King vintage painting supplies The top opens easily and

The top opens easily and makes for easy grabbing of whatever is housed inside

) It folds back up elegantly to form a rectangular box with  square sides

a wide variety of different types of whistles were developed

from his clenched jaw and high cheekbones (and very early 60s lifeguard haircut

stoic and animated with its outstretched neck and black painted mouth

Wooden Cutout Folk Art Boy Cook, 1940s, by Richard King vintage painting supplies The top opens easily andThis guy arrived in the mail detached from his green painted flat wooden base, and I was just about the glue his feet back to it when I though maybe he's better just on his own? Either way, I think he's pretty sweet, made in the 1940s or so by a Richard King from Minnesota, who I understand from the seller died just recently at the age of 85. I really like that the the spoon in his hand is a separate object, glued to the tips of his fingers, and that