Helen's Excellent Halloween Pumpkin Card with Cutout Eyes and Flapping Tongue hair basket though whether the remains of

though whether the remains of a once larger whimsy or some other sort of crown of thorns construction

and slip skirt in addition to her bloomers

or the white painted wooden beard on this great little Santa Claus

and while I have not found a definitive reference for her

Helen's Excellent Halloween Pumpkin Card with Cutout Eyes and Flapping Tongue hair basket though whether the remains ofOur Helen made quite an excellent jack o' lantern here, I'd say. And no small effort expended with cuts into the face of the pumpkin just as if carving a real one, and then eyes drawn in graphite and pink tongue partially trimmed on the other side of the fold so as to line up and extend! just right. Excellent!. 5 1 8" x 3 1 4". Earlyish 20th century. Good condition, with some scattered stains, all to the good I think. Graphite and crayon on plain