Helen Malta Pencil Sketch of Woman Feeding Birds, 1930s Northwest coast native 6" tall x 4

6" tall x 4

as a planter for a narcissus or amaryllis

What I am not certain of is whether there is an intended function for the opening in the front of the body

Serve snacks in it

and from which some of the brown paint has worn off

Helen Malta Pencil Sketch of Woman Feeding Birds, 1930s Northwest coast native 6" tall x 4This drawing takes me straight to a park in New York, sitting on a bench and watching this woman who has surely made a daily habit of coming to feed these birds. While notes on the drawing ("red and blue dots" written on the woman's shoulder, and "brilliant blue and green birds" at bottom right) suggest that this was a quick sketch in advance of a more finished drawings, I think the looseness and lack of color, combined with the way her hair falls