Old, Charming Handmade Kewpie (?) Doorstop Nunamiut though a but more apparent

though a but more apparent on the lighter colored side

with the top opening made to hold a plug

the incised stripes and fin details

and the lack of contextualizing details

identifying this beautiful bug as a Meloe Monoceros

Old, Charming Handmade Kewpie (?) Doorstop Nunamiut though a but more apparentThere are so many great old handmade wooden doorstops out there, which I rarely resist grabbing when I see them, but this I believe is an especially old one, and the first I have seen featuring this character. (Plenty of cats, dogs and dutch children, but I can't find another anywhere with this one). I believe it is likely a very early iteration of the kewpie, which first gained popularity as comic strip characters invented and drawn by NYC based