Fantastic Old Felix the Cat Folk Art Doorstop wooden noisemaker Surface wear as pictured

Surface wear as pictured

painted face

8" from tail to beak

a few miles from Otavalo

in this case from her fabulous feathered hat to her little yellow parasol to those terrific blue boots

Fantastic Old Felix the Cat Folk Art Doorstop wooden noisemaker Surface wear as picturedI assume this was meant to represent Felix the Cat, but it was done with such minimal fuss that I think it both gets to Felix's essence while also transcending it. And what a magical effect time has had on the creamy white paint, now completely alligatored so as to give this black cat a quire an electric and rather ghoulish guise!! Surely an unplanned effect, but one that makes this especially special, and makes me wish Joyce Pensato were still around