Happy Carved and Crayoned Little Wooden Shovels light blue enamel Signed in cursive at lower

Signed in cursive at lower right

which identifies the subject as a member of the Kikuyu tribe (also known as Agikuya) a Bantu tribe native to Central Kenya which comprises about 20 percent of the Kenyan population

there is one chip to the back panel of the cabinet

which I think just makes them better

This guy is the real deal--a very early issue tin litho Lehmann Climbing Monkey

Happy Carved and Crayoned Little Wooden Shovels light blue enamel Signed in cursive at lowerSuper sweet! I'm pretty curious about the original intent of the kid, I assume who carved these and colored them with crayon in a very dedicated manner; perhaps as little shovels for scooping sand in the sandbox? or as snow shovels for dolls? or for scooping salt, sugar, and spices in the kitchen? Anyway, I think they could work for the latter now if desired, though I'd probably treat them as little sculptures and line them up in a row. Great color,