Halloween-y Old Paper Cut Snowflakes and Owl! primitive mirror this very fine Northwest Coast

this very fine Northwest Coast Salish tightly coiled lidded basket dates I believe from the late 19th or early 20th century

I had to double check with an eraser that these hands were drawn in pencil rather than printed

I'm always eying antique pin cushions

which provide forms and shapes to reproduce using the tiles

4" x 2 3/8"

Halloween-y Old Paper Cut Snowflakes and Owl! primitive mirror this very fine Northwest CoastIt's been chilly here at night of late, and I can hear the owls out there hooting away, all of which reminds me Halloween is not too far away, which is what this little group of cutouts calls to mind for me. I'm a sucker for paper cutouts of all sorts, but really like how the owl (with pencil drawn face) animates this set, which work well layered atop one another, easily popped into a frame together. Owl measures 5 5 8" wide. Largest "snowflake"