Flurry of Chickens, Beautiful Old Snaphot Photo antique folk art alter case which I would guess

which I would guess

For the purposes of display

but it is also completely ready to use a weight to keep the garden gate closed

I assume this double-sided 13 was once part of a carnival game or something like that--or perhaps it marked an especially challenging obstacle on some sort of course

I really think done by someone known

Flurry of Chickens, Beautiful Old Snaphot Photo antique folk art alter case which I would guessThough with face is pretty much entirely obfuscated by the flurry, looks to me like the human here is holding a bucket of feed, and likely has some in their cupped and extended hand too. Having spent a couple of years on a farm feeding chickens and other farm animals (goats are the craziest!), I think there is really nothing else quite like that moment of arriving with food for the flock for me, always a heart racing mix of panic and pleasure as one