An artist mannequin is a good gift for an artistic person because it is a good model for figuring out poses.
This one is 12 inches and made with hardwood. Anyone into drawing or painting the human body, but doesn't have a human model readily availabe can use this to work out different poses.
I have one of these, but I don't use it to workout poses. I have actually used it as an object in a couple of my paintings. One of which you can see below. Below that I have added a video of an animation done with one these just for fun. It just shows another use for one of these guys.