Beautiful Old Wooden Labyrinth Game with Hand-painted Lid, Presumed Japanese handdyed Scratch made for sure

Scratch made for sure

Definitely suitable for framing

late 19th c I believe

the Hopi tribe’s representation of a Navajo god

these have a very nice weight and feel great in the hand

Beautiful Old Wooden Labyrinth Game with Hand-painted Lid, Presumed Japanese handdyed Scratch made for sureI believe this was most likely made in Japan, early 20th century or so, as the manner and decoration reminds me very much of antique Japanese wooden nesting eggs and horse racing games inside treen boxes I've found on a few occasions. I've been having a bit of a moment with beautiful old labyrinth maze games puzzles, here with not one by six wooden balls that one wants to get through the opening on one side of "home" at the center. Beautifully