I believe these are both Lisanto, previously a composition maker,
but swallowed-up by the Red's in 1945, they would eventually become a
centralised, collective VEB, from whence era comes these two, if they are Lisanto, as there were several similar
makers and once they'd been VEB'd who knows who had the tools that Friday!
If they are Lisanto they should be . . .
Numer 033 - Shading eyes
Numer 048 - Stabbing with rope
But even those numbers may be modern
collector's numbering?
The weapons are crude, the tomahawk die-cut
from a sheet of [I think] polystyrene, but it could be something tougher, a
propylene or ethylene polymer? While the rifle is like an inter-war pop-gun or
cork-firer, and a pretty standard polyethylene! They are interchangeable, as
the figures are a softish PVC, but the one (axe) has stretched its hand,
leaving the gun loose, while the other's (rifle) hand is tight for the
tomahawk.
I also found this, clearly marked, it's
made of polystyrene and you can see damage to the base from being in close
proximity to the PVC figures in the past, the escaping thalates from the PVC
softening the styrene's chains; I keep such things separate.
I may have a rider somewhere, probably in
the two boxes we looked at over a year ago, which are still to be properly
sorted - as I think I've said before; Wild West isn't a priority for me.
Above; That marking in full!
Below which are four figures from Chris
Smith which were a follow-up to something I've forgotten! Flats of the demi-ronde
variety, and Russian - I think - although Chris said they were sourced in
Lithuania (or Latvia?).
I love these, I've seen them on the Russian
forums and slightly envied them, I used to think they were rubber, but I think
they look polyethylene too, and large'ish?
Chris describes them thus - "The black/charcoal one looks like it has
been carved in a soft stone similar to some Inuit/Eskimo tourist knickknacks
I’ve seen . The red ones look like they are carved from red plasticine."
I know what he means I've put a Totem Pole up here exactly as he describes and
seen those stylised whales (they're ocean-going mammals Mr President, not
countries!) in the same blackish material.
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