Lovely Old Academic Sketch of Seated Young Woman wooden darning egg and the nails attaching the

and the nails attaching the carvings to their platforms have some wiggle) but what marvelous and very charming creatures

and of the type we usually now describe as Odd Fellows/Daughters of Rebekah masks

at the end of the day it's a very fine braided and woven antique Penobscot Northeast Coast Native American basket like this one--Shaker-like in its material integrity--that really takes my breath away

The upper body of the figure is attached to a steel post which sticks through a hole at the center of the legs

There are small chips to polychrome here and there

Lovely Old Academic Sketch of Seated Young Woman wooden darning egg and the nails attaching theFeels like she's emerging from the ether, barely there but very beautiful. And one could read a whole lot of things into that expression. A lovely, quiet drawing, nice for an intimate space. 12" x 9". Early 20th century I believe. Good antique condition, with some light scattered smudging, I don't think at all detracting.