Chance Animal Silhouettes on Card in Old Green Painted Frame black folk art It looks to me like

It looks to me like a snake curled into a spiral

Perhaps not everyone would see beauty in this

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and nice and folky

10" long x 3" tall x 2 1/4" wide

Chance Animal Silhouettes on Card in Old Green Painted Frame black folk art It looks to me likeA chance delight! I discovered this while opening up an antique gold gessoed frame in order to reuse it, and here was this, used as backing paper for a photo, sandwiched between a few other layers. Surely a product of toning, perhaps it once backed a pair of paper cutout animals, which left their silhouettes behind. Looks like a cat and horse to me, though perhaps a dog and an especially graceful cow! Whatever the case, the happiest of accidents