SOLD Wonderful Folk Art Portrait of Native American Woman on Barrel Lid knotwork I picked up this astronomy

I picked up this astronomy book especially as it provides a nice guide to the constellations and the chief stars comprising them

7 3/4" t x 5 7/8" w x 11/16" d not including hanger

Perhaps by a young man and fellow student encouraging her to step out of her comfort zone

I'm not certain the age but would think early-ish 20th century

) The brass pin decoration-tiny nails hammered in one by one-- forms a (dense and sprawling

SOLD Wonderful Folk Art Portrait of Native American Woman on Barrel Lid knotwork I picked up this astronomyWhat a beauty, and what wonderful detail on this portrait of a young Native American woman, with marvelous patterning composed of dots and dots inside of dots which also reminds me of Aboriginal Australian paintings. It seems just right to have been done on a cardboard barrel lid (Eaton Candy Co, Cooperstown NY), reminiscent of the painted hide of a drum or shield. Wonderfully graphic from a distance and beautifully detailed from a'near. 13" in