Very Endearing Japanese Monkey Hand Puppet silver box just great proportions

just great proportions

and technically a tea bag holder

but I really love it a lot

but I think it is fabulous

Very Endearing Japanese Monkey Hand Puppet silver box just great proportionsThat face! Everything about this homely monkey hand puppet seems just to cry out "love me!," and the fact that he seems to have had a pretty rough life pulls at my heart strings even more. I believe his head is made of plaster, which has some small chips in it, and from which some of the brown paint has worn off. His body is sewn of flannel, with a few spots and stains and one loose seam at the neck, but very soft and still holding together everywhere