Beheading in Silhouette, Haunting and Unusual Old Cut Paper Work cochiti drum I don't know who made

I don't know who made this unsigned vase

And a date: November 8

9” t x 9 1/4 w x 5 1/4 d and in very good

first name hard to read but last name looks like Hicks to me

to my eye its holds folky and refined in perfect balance

Beheading in Silhouette, Haunting and Unusual Old Cut Paper Work cochiti drum I don't know who madeNot for the feint of heart, but quite a striking and potent as well as unusual cut paper silhouette, I'd say. Which, as I look at it, seems all to hinge on this woman standing before the beheaded figure I'd like to imagine it is she who has finally gotten justice. (Being strongly averse to capital punishment, myself, I'll read that justice as metaphorical.) Hard to look at a silhouetted scene like this without thinking of the work of Kara Walker now,