Jane Heald Mid-Century Very Fine Gray-Brown Pottery Weed Pot hunting whistle But the pipe cleaner tail

But the pipe cleaner tail remains and he’s structurally it's in solid shape

with wonderful wooly coat

Fabulous at the center of the dining table

and quite a collector's item

What I am not certain of is whether there is an intended function for the opening in the front of the body

Jane Heald Mid-Century Very Fine Gray-Brown Pottery Weed Pot hunting whistle But the pipe cleaner tailThere is not a lot out there about Jane Heald, the Pacific Palisades, CA potter (1916 1991) who created this gorgeous lilttle vase, which photos don't do justice, but an interview with Vivika Heino mentions her as being part of a workshop at UCLA, in 1953, taught by Shoji Hamada and Bernard Leach, and notes that Heald, being the only one in the group with her own high fire kiln, fired pots for everyone in the workshop, including Hamada and Leach.