Japanese Papier Mache and Cloth Vintage Cat Hand Puppet box with drawer Some of my very favorite

Some of my very favorite things hanging on my walls are textiles

4 3/4" across at lip

dramatic piece

I've become completely enamored of old handcrafted tools just for the spectacular

And then there is the red hand-stitched string holding it together

Japanese Papier Mache and Cloth Vintage Cat Hand Puppet box with drawer Some of my very favoriteThis cat puppet! I really love it. Made in Japan, it dates I believe to the 1940s. The papier mache head is hand painted,with fantastic bright blue eyes, pink ears, black nose, and blood red mouth, matched absolutely perfectly with a body stitched together from three different striped cotton fabrics. It's best sized for a small hand, though I managed to fit mine inside, with one finger in each armhole and another inside the opening to the head. Oh, I