Birds, Pitcher of Flowers, Man in Yellow Pants, Wonderful 1850s Fraktur Watercolor with Full (Detached) Ledger hopi kachina drawing bookplate In nicely aged paint

In nicely aged paint

My guess is that it comes from the Baker Lake region of the Kivalliq Region

which would used in conjunction with a crane to hang meat (and perhaps corn

This snuff box I believe dates to the 1820s or so

which wear the stories of their lives on their sleeves--or bottoms

Birds, Pitcher of Flowers, Man in Yellow Pants, Wonderful 1850s Fraktur Watercolor with Full (Detached) Ledger hopi kachina drawing bookplate In nicely aged paintOh how I wish there were an endless trove of little fraktur watercolor drawings like this out there for me to stumble upon honestly, the brilliance of the colors and boldness of the patterns and just pure full of life marvelousness of the birds and bearded man in his yellow pants feel to me as if product of divine intervention! Alas, it's a rare moment. This is Pennsylvania German, done on the reverse side of the detached cover of a small notebook