but I think this very early ‘90s hand-painted checkerboard makes a pretty strong argument for a more contemporary iteration
There are a couple of small chips to the wood on the backside of his feet
Each pin measures 5 3/4"tall with a widest diameter of 7/8"
This guy arrived in the mail detached from his green painted flat wooden base
he spent much of his time carving pieces like this in addition to imparting "the art of whittling" to students
The Best Elephant Drawing Ever figure eights but I think this veryI am silly to part with this one because I think it is about the best thing ever, but I will live with the image of it in my head, and trust that whoever adopts it will love it as much as I do. Perhaps the blue tower in the background is a castle, making this an elephant and castle, who knows? Elephant itself is written twice once in cursive, looking like "Elepht" and then, more faintly, in fraktur type capital lettering below. And then this elephant