"Coco's Monkey Fun Time Puppet Show Hour" was canceled after only three episodes when it was discovered the head of the main character, Coco, was carved from the cursed wood of the Devil's Mangrove, and not, as the strange old man said, "oak, not to worry, just plain oak."

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Nearly 1400 of these statues were discovered in an underground chamber at the digsite of the Ayutthaya Kingdom in Central Thailand. Because of their large number and meticulous placement, it was initially assumed they were for military planning. Archival documentation later revealed they were used to block choreography for an exceedingly complicated dance number.

The Goméz family of Tlaxcala, Mexico, has put on entrancing shows with their handcrafted puppets for six generations. This one tells of a poor farmer who one day found a pure white horse in his field; abundant stalks of corn sprang up wherever the horse walked, giving the farmer more than enough to feed his family. The farmer rode the horse around his village, thinking he would share his bounty with all. Predictably, the villagers grew covetous and broke into his barn thinking to steal the horse, and found only a wooden puppet.

Three glasses; three choices. One would grant immortality. One would grant infinite wisdom. One would grant a perfect round of mini golf in front of your crush on that date in junior high that one time, and the old witch was genuinely surprised at how often that glass got picked.

You could call him “Skinny” if you knew him from way back; otherwise you were likely to know Quaid Quinnier as Traveling Dan, the Barber Man, or another of the dozen aliases under which he came into town—and usually very quickly left. Skinny would set up a folding stool under the awning of the local post office or grocer and charge a nickel for a shave. Gentlemen would walk away with the closest shave they’d ever gotten, and usually didn’t notice until they were home that they were lighter their wallet as well as the day’s stubble.

Constance Anne had organized the tea party to discuss how they might combat the unfair and hurtful stereotyping of creepy dolls. It was going quite well, indeed, until a spider crawled out of Marybeth’s eye socket.

This piece is a rare representation of Xolichitata, the lesser-known Mayan god of collectible figurines.

In the mythology of ancient Burma, it's said that a great boat in the form of a makara ferries the souls of the dead to the afterlife. Five bells are perched on the giant water lizard's back, and a person has the time until the fifth bell tolls to argue the case for their virtue in life. If the makara judges them worthy, they will be allowed to cross into paradise; if not, the makara will devour their eternal soul.

In the Greek village of Tésserakefália, residents have practiced one of the oldest forms communal justice for more than two millennia: when a crime is committed, four randomly selected community members are selected to act as both jury and judge over the accused, certifying their unanimous verdict with this four-faced stamp.