Japanese c. 1920s-30s Building Blocks Set with Fabulous Color & Pattern surface decoration which make me wonder if

which make me wonder if he might once have emitted a sound when squeezed

With a Canadian Eskimo Art sticker on the bottom attesting to the authenticity of the piece as Inuit

which to me aligns it with the chip-carved patterns of tramp art frames and boxes

and once one has done so

a sprig of hellebore

Japanese c. 1920s-30s Building Blocks Set with Fabulous Color & Pattern surface decoration which make me wonder ifAnother fun set of blocks, this set not quite complete (I believe it is mostly some pieces that would have served as doors that are missing), but still in the original slide top box, and I love the dark brown on bright white window patterns and those green dots on yellow, and the pink arches so much I could not resist. And there's a whole second layer of bare wood blocks in the box as well (original to the set), a few of which were written on in