Clay Red Bananas! schoolgirl map This double-sided graphite drawing and

This double-sided graphite drawing and watercolor I purchased along with the rest of the c

There is a dealer in a group shop I frequent who has been unloading these old Milton Bradley Froebel blocks one box at a time

5 1/8" t x 5 1/4" w x 2 3/4" d

3 1/4" in diameter x 2 3/8" tall

Sophie Newcomb Memorial College in New Orleans (now associated with Tulane)—which if you are not familiar with

Clay Red Bananas! schoolgirl map This double-sided graphite drawing andI believe these red bananas are likely Central of South American in origin where red bananas are grown, and where as I understand it the juice of them is considered an aphrodesiac! These do have quite a sexy sort of fecundity about them, I'd say, and they seem to me to make a pretty fabulous tabletop sculpture or component of a dramatic centerpiece. I'd guess mid century or so, maybe a little earlier, and pretty excellent from every angle. 10" x 6 3