Folk Art Man (Shriner?) with Great Face and Tray antique flash cards and over some 40 years

and over some 40 years collaborated on hundreds of pieces with poets and writers

and I'm very glad it is still around

but very few still with lids

with what appears to read Nak-Nik (or possibly Mak-Mik

for the kids

Folk Art Man (Shriner?) with Great Face and Tray antique flash cards and over some 40 yearsI found this guy in Upstate NY near Albany, and while I don't usually go for folk art "butlers," he's shorter than most, easily set atop a table, and in his red cap looks to me like a Shriner, with tray out not to serve but rather to collect! Lots of personality in that painted face, too, looking both kindly and nervous or as if about to crack a joke! 19 1 2" t x 9 1 4" w at base x 4 1 2" d. Good condition, sturdy and sound, with general surface wear