Fantastic Old Folk Art Oil Cloth Black Cat with Whiskers and Trousers wooden swallows with its origins traced to

with its origins traced to the spread of Hinduism in the medieval era and the arrival of leather-based puppet arts called thalubomalata from southern India

which make me want to add a boiled egg to my morning ritual just so I can put them on the table

so of course I love this little combination of the two

8x10 1/2”

and super satisfying in its lushness

Fantastic Old Folk Art Oil Cloth Black Cat with Whiskers and Trousers wooden swallows with its origins traced toQuite a cat, hand sewn of oil cloth I think at least a hundred years ago, and surely one of a kind. The terrific pink, heart shaped stitched on nose and mouth are sewn on with the same loop type stitching as used to hold the cat together, and then these fantastic hanging whiskers on either side, some still tipped in yellow paint. Plus red linen trousers held up with buttoned straps. The green sparkly center of one of the beaded eyes is gone and he is