Sweet Family of Carved Animals op art all hand-embroidered

all hand-embroidered

Skillfully done

but don't know for certain

There is a loop at top from which it could be hung from a wire or ribbon or string--I might suggest from the ceiling so as to float in mid-air like the sun

and one could grab dice and any little things to serve as markers and play it now

Sweet Family of Carved Animals op art all hand-embroideredI found these together in a box, clearly carved by the same maker, and I believe the same maker as a bunch of heads chess pieces carved of old wood spools, listed separately. I love the whole lot of these, but it makes me especially happy that there is a tiny turtle smiling among them! The posture of what I take as a sitting bear is pretty wonderful too, as is that little elephant, and the tiny head on much taller body of whatever that tallest