Woman with Back Turned, Oddly Placed Undertakers Sign, Friends High Above, Antique Mounted Photo mythological painting as a cigar that opens

as a cigar that opens to a fan

Charmingly carved (possibly enhanced with pyrography

making me believe it dates to the late 19th/early 20th century--and indeed the ribbon found tied around the top of it is an old one

with a wooden pegI easily removed from the underside of his skirt--by which he would once have attached to a base

" As a lover of found language that resonates in different contexts

Woman with Back Turned, Oddly Placed Undertakers Sign, Friends High Above, Antique Mounted Photo mythological painting as a cigar that opensWhat a curious spot for undertaker's sign though, looking way up at the high ledge, where looking closely one can spot a couple standing, perhaps not! I love the combination of furniture and undertaking, and the slogan "we do what we say we will do" (one would hope!), and this woman with her back turned, whether reading the sign or calling to her friends high above we will never know. Vast, enduring earth punctuated by tiny, temporal humans requiring