Crazy Dog Folk Art Doorstop wool weaving and used inside

and used inside

it would be great at the center of the dinner table or on a mid-century modern credenza

native to south-west China

This is a beautiful pair of vintage hand-painted Australian Aboriginal clap sticks

Crazy Dog Folk Art Doorstop wool weaving and used insideWhat a dog! One finds a fair number of handmade doggy doorstops from the 1940s and 50s (I wonder if they were something people made in shop class? they were definitely a thing), but this one is especially good in its crudeness and weirdness, with these completely uneven ears, crossed eyes, and I'm not sure what the black line is crossing just above its mouth! Really, just right. Signed on the bottom, justifiably so, but with the first name painted