Antique Carved, Jointed Figure with Hand-drawn Face and Button Front model train platform and an untended tear at

and an untended tear at the one jointed knee

but I'd guess the body is a copper plumbing fitting of some sort

but instead in the heel

plus pads at the temples on the insides for comfort

which I believe dates from sometime between 1900-1920

Antique Carved, Jointed Figure with Hand-drawn Face and Button Front model train platform and an untended tear atOne can just barely make out an old graphite drawn face of this very old friend, who might once have had hands and feet but I think maybe more likely was a large acrobat squeeze toy, with strings strung through the holes at the ends of his (extra long) arms and legs. Now, hell sit up on his own, with arms situated either in front of, or behind him. Quite a sweet one I think with primitively carved head and torso, buttons drawn down his front, arms and