Wonderfully Naive Antique Hand-Drawn Postcard Portrait Olin Dows 33 making one think this one

making one think this one was made to house something fancy

I'm pretty certain this old spear-like carving had no other purpose that giving pleasure to its maker

His nose (actually two noses

as there is variation among the faces

The code described here seems generally in keeping with what else I've seen

Wonderfully Naive Antique Hand-Drawn Postcard Portrait Olin Dows 33 making one think this oneI really couldn't love this drawing more, wonderfully naive and awkward but clearly done with a great deal of sincerity and affection for the subject! Against a charcoaled background she emerges rather like a vision, with this giant hat, I guess it is, reading a bit like a halo, and or a crown! On the reverse we learn that the postcard was sent to a Mrs. Jane Holt from "Aunt Selina", with the card "penciled and drawn by Eddie himself"! Great. 3 1 2" x