Set of 21 Large Handmade, Hand-colored Paper Litho on Wood Alphabet Blocks, c. Mid 19th Century Sioux native with interior seams up one

with interior seams up one side and along the bottom and hemmed top edges

This fabulous thing is a carved wood whistle in the shape of a bird

I had it sitting on a table amid a handful of wooden objects for a bit and they were all better for the proximity

with light wear and one small tear to the board along the left edge

7 3/8" x 4 3/4"

Set of 21 Large Handmade, Hand-colored Paper Litho on Wood Alphabet Blocks, c. Mid 19th Century Sioux native with interior seams up oneAs I too often am sorry to say, photos do no justice at all to these blocks, which have an old light varnish finish over top, so are hard to shoot details give a somewhat better sense, and there is a whole lot of charm in the details here! Terrific imagery, terrific words, with the face of each handmade block a hand colored print, I think likely paper cut from an early children's picture alphabet book then mounted to the hand cut wooden blocks. (I can