Late 1800s Watercolor Drawing of Native American Woman with Papoose and Dog round lidded wood box a sort of clownish servant

a sort of clownish servant

Love love love

this one seems the oldest and also is the one that does not fit over the head and stay on by itself--I am not sure if the hide along the top of the mask has come apart a bit from how it was originally constructed

which makes it feel simultaneously stately and rather coziness inducing

Really smart

Late 1800s Watercolor Drawing of Native American Woman with Papoose and Dog round lidded wood box a sort of clownish servantOh, how I love this drawing! Technically a watercolor painting I suppose, but with pencil drawn details, most notably for the face, hands and hair of the Native American woman at the center, which give it such a marvelous intimacy and specificity that its nature as a drawing is most certainly the dominant one. As with ledger drawings, which this is very similar to in manner, included is just exactly what is needed and not a thing more to bring this