Antique Slate with Chalk Drawings, Doublesided brush with turned wood handle She stands up fine on

She stands up fine on her own on a level surface

aged and worn just right

this 1929 framed Bible school report card a case in point

from an exhibition of "Eskimo Art" at the Artisans

with a bit of warming to their dry wood surfaces

Antique Slate with Chalk Drawings, Doublesided brush with turned wood handle She stands up fine onI personally find this quite beautiful, and the chalk drawings on both sides of the slate which I believe are quite old feel extra special to me for having endured. The star like drawing on one side makes me think of drums and targets and shields and dream catchers, and the other looks a bit like a Brazilian flag turned on its side or, horizontally, a bit like an all seeing eye! There once was yarn threaded through the holes in the slate, to make it a