Marvelous Painted Papier Mache Circus Lion tiny shoe form with the horsehair woven through

with the horsehair woven through what seems likely to be linen cloth (visible just above the scalloped edge of the pink cloth)

It's definitely the paint job that really makes it--the perfect creamy white and blood red combo

which along with much else includes a story about temperance organizations and a poem titled "Disobedience

10 5/8" l x 3 15/16" t x 13/16" thick

and the little hand-painted windows on the sides

Marvelous Painted Papier Mache Circus Lion tiny shoe form with the horsehair woven throughQuite a wonderfully done painted papier mache bust of a lion I'd say rendered as if erupting in a roar through the roof of the big top itself! There is a signature, or part of one on the base that I can't quite decipher, but the whoever the maker they certainly knew what they were doing, imparting this lion with huge personality though deft sculpting and painted details, right down to those bared fangs. Great. 4 13 16"" x 3 7 8" x 3". Excellent