Folk Art Felix with Excellent (Fried Eggs!) Face koi-shaped it's nice for just propping

it's nice for just propping somewhere balanced on its pointy end (it just needs to lean lightly against something) or tie a ribbon around the other end and hang on the wall

from harness to saddle

Very coziness-inducing

It's also just a really cool object

which means “hard stone” in Italian

Folk Art Felix with Excellent (Fried Eggs!) Face koi-shaped it's nice for just proppingJust about the best face I think I've ever seen on a folk art Felix, which I can't look at without thinking of a plate of fried eggs! Found in New Hampshire, 1940s or so I'd think, and likely once with a door stop attached, but that, and the left side of his base, are gone. It doesn't much bother me (and one could easily repaint the side edge black) since all eyes are on those eyes and mouth! 11 1 8" t x 4 3 8" w x 1 2" d. Apart from the loss at left