Lovely Antique Wood Whistle with Hand-carved Notes on Slide vintage puzzle and I especially like the

and I especially like the fancy blue button used for his eye on each side and those pencil drawn ears

plus one unglazed band on the lid that is just the right thing

Approx 6 3/4” l x 3 1/2” t

Each panel features collaged images cut from cigarette labels

I've had a few of these coffin-encased carved figures with pop up phalluses over time

Lovely Antique Wood Whistle with Hand-carved Notes on Slide vintage puzzle and I especially like theFull disclosure I have tried to make this whistle sing, but haven't managed to get a full whistle out of it, though perhaps someone with a better aperture than I could achieve one. Nonetheless, it's a wonderful object beautifully carved form, with a terrific dark dry wood patina. Best of all, pulling out the slide reveals it was notched and carved with the notes of the scale, indicating which note would have been produced by pulling the slide out that