Infinity Loop: Interlocking Bits Folk Art Whimsy Wreath, 10 Inch diameter colonial era doll Once this has been mastered

Once this has been mastered

Purchased from a dealer from Michigan at the New Hampshire Antiques Show who always has terrific things

On the left side of the paper two "Fold" notes mark the spots by which this drawing folds up to show this cast of characters pre-blackout (still a bit risqué

the other on a distant lighthouse

Infinity Loop: Interlocking Bits Folk Art Whimsy Wreath, 10 Inch diameter colonial era doll Once this has been masteredI find this type of whimsy composed of hundreds of individually carved wooden bits, each one sliding through the a slit in the center of next and locking in place quite amazing, and I don't come across them very often, especially one still forming a complete loop like this. (And, well constructed, it seems in no jeopardy of coming apart.) One finds examples fancier than this, with the pieces more ornately carved in a "Crown of Thorns" sort of manner,