Triple Ball in Cage Carved Whimsy with Slider Yanomami gathering basket Hard to beat that yellow

Hard to beat that yellow costume with red polka dots

walls perhaps painted a deep burgundy and hung with dozens of antique dog portraits in gilded frames

which has remnants of its original red paint in a few spots

Division of Forestry

it was purchased from an estate in Littleton

Triple Ball in Cage Carved Whimsy with Slider Yanomami gathering basket Hard to beat that yellowBecause I can never resist a good whimsy, and this is a bit of an unusual one, with the top section looking like a little box an enclosed cage of sorts with slide lids on either side. (The sliding sides are actually part of one connected form, which moves up and down.) Three nicely carved balls in the cage below, a carved loop at top for hanging, and a nice dry wood patina to the pine. There is one carved out side at the bottom, I assume a loss but