Three Headed Carved Folk Art Totem of Sorts old ledger Initially founded to make toy

Initially founded to make toy pianos

a "Prayer Leaflet" from the Blessed Martin Guild

the dog on one of them

the interior reveals original color

including a ginkgo leaf near center

Three Headed Carved Folk Art Totem of Sorts old ledger Initially founded to make toyA curious one for sure, which I love for its strangeness and its crudeness one has the sense that its maker chose their three very favorite carved heads and then made this tree like platform in order to give them a home! Maybe even a sort of family tree? The effect of the overall composition, with two heads leaning in and one sitting atop, is to give a sense that one is being confronted by them as if one were a little carved figure oneself, wandering