Infinity Loop: Interlocking Bits Folk Art Whimsy Wreath, 10 Inch diameter new england theorem painting Another animal on wheels--this one

Another animal on wheels--this one of a smaller scale

to the cut paper

is typically referred to as Iserlohn box

) Hand-colored paper litho on wooden blocks

There are a few light scratches to the wood and a bit of wear around the beak

Infinity Loop: Interlocking Bits Folk Art Whimsy Wreath, 10 Inch diameter new england theorem painting Another animal on wheels--this oneI 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,