Vintage Mechanic Polar Bear Toy Skeleton Native American carving it strikes me as a

it strikes me as a wonderfully poetic representation of fall

It is signed--exuberantly

and absolutely it was made with great skill

The girl is 5" tall and the boy is 4 3/4"

Measures: 11 5/8" wide x  6" deep x 3 1/4" tall

Vintage Mechanic Polar Bear Toy Skeleton Native American carving it strikes me as aI fell in the love with this guy the moment I saw him Though he has lost the fur that once covered his body, and his wind up mechanics no longer function, there is something about this metal form that remains that I find incredibly tender, and really wonderful. He just pulls at my heartstrings, and I must say he'll be a tough one to part with! I believe the bear was actually made in Japan, c. 1950s, and that there was at least one version of him that