Marvelous Old Folk Art Noah's ark Animals, Zebra and Giraffe - A Pair beautiful Japanese lacquer box This medal to honor young

This medal to honor young women

and would guess it dates to the 1930s or 40s

super bushy eyebrows and furrowed brown

which is in great shape

Signed on the undersides

Marvelous Old Folk Art Noah's ark Animals, Zebra and Giraffe - A Pair beautiful Japanese lacquer box This medal to honor youngThese are from a group of wonderful old handmade animals I found this past weekend in New Hampshire, I believe from a Noah's Ark set, though I'm not entirely sure all from the same set. I've divided them into a few pairs, and thought these two pattern intensive, smiling creatures and habitat sharers in real life a perfect match. The giraffe has jointed legs as well as nails for horns and tail (painted with the same pattern detail as the rest of him),