Wonderful, Scarce c. Earlier 1900s Accordian Fold Booklet of Hand-cut Jianzhi (Chinese Cut Paper Works), c. 46 Pages mid-century portrait "River People") and Papago (Tohono

"River People") and Papago (Tohono O'Odham) are renowned for coiled baskets like this one

it has seen some knocking around

which she points to directly with the index finger of the other hand as if to say "pay attention

and some light scuffs and stains here and there

for me the effect is of a portrait forever hovering in its own in-between world--her world

Wonderful, Scarce c. Earlier 1900s Accordian Fold Booklet of Hand-cut Jianzhi (Chinese Cut Paper Works), c. 46 Pages mid-century portrait "River People") and Papago (TohonoFinding this one in an unexpected corner of a shop in southern Maine last week made me very happy. It is a small in scale accordion fold book (like a mini Froebel kindergarten album in that regard and the papers used for the paper cuts here have the exact quality the papers used for early kindergarten paper cuts and paper weavings!) It features 46 page faces of original Chinese paper cuts, called Jianzhi an ancient Chinese art form, first executed in