
Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Andy Yaffee
Jockey
The grotesques were made similar to other circus pieces. The Jockey
seems to have been modeled after Mardi Gras performers who often wore
oversized heads made of paper mache. This is the only Schoenhut figure
we know whose head is made of paper mache.
Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Andy Yaffee

Photo by Jim Sneed from a private collection