Excellent Antique Modernist (Very Froebel-esque) Handmade Wooden Boxed Cube Puzzle folk art construction indigo dyed strap

indigo dyed strap

with pointy tip at the bottom--are just terrific

feeling as if transcending time and place

but I am pretty certain it is carved of ivory and really a sweet little object

Excellent Antique Modernist (Very Froebel-esque) Handmade Wooden Boxed Cube Puzzle folk art construction indigo dyed strapI've found that the more times I shop Brimfield, the more I've become inclined to almost exclusively purchase little things that will easily fit in my bag (I seem to have gotten quite lazy about heavy schlepping) and particularly small things delivering unexpected delights that are easily overlooked by others who are moving faster across the fields. Like this handmade boxed puzzle cube which evinces both Froebel's kindergarten "Gifts" of boxed blocks