Huge Old Crown of Thorns Whimsy Garland in Red, White, Blue and Gold, (in Two Parts) 1930s pattern And the postures and various

And the postures and various configurations of young women all around

Reflecting the unique skills and styles of their individual makers

The pants themselves are too large for him and have deteriorated quite a lot so I might strip him once again

I think my favorite of these I've found (this one in PA)

I learned it was a memento from the recent filming of Stephen King's Salem's Lot in town a year or two ago

Huge Old Crown of Thorns Whimsy Garland in Red, White, Blue and Gold, (in Two Parts) 1930s pattern And the postures and variousI recently learned that some wooden wreaths constructed of interlocking carved wooden bits were Scandanavian in origin, used for the preservation of yeast in beer and mead making. This is not one of those, but I have to imagine the former informed the construction of later "crown of thorn" type frames and whimsies or garlands like this one, which I might guess was fraternal (Masonic or Odd Fellows?) in origin, earlier 20th century. Definitely it was