Wonderful Old Hand-carved South American Slingshot with Mother, Child, and Hearts in Polychrome prismatic reading glasses Marked 1626 on the bottoms

Marked 1626 on the bottoms

no tears at all

Board size: 9 5/8" x 6 7/8"

which seems rather aligned with his youthfulness and rather searching expression (and I must say that without the red robe and tassel

simple black frame

Wonderful Old Hand-carved South American Slingshot with Mother, Child, and Hearts in Polychrome prismatic reading glasses Marked 1626 on the bottomsThe loveliest example of a figurative slingshot as I believe I've ever seen, and just a marvelous carving which I take as a tender portrayal of the love of a mother for her child (and determination to use a slingshot or any other means necessary to protect him!) I am pretty certain this is Guatemalan, where the slingshot is a traditional handicraft, distinguishable by the forked end, which would be strung with the sling; one sees these incorporating a