Though I spend much of my life on line
I'm terrible with wood identification but think perhaps mahogany
and they are in great condition
I found this Mexican folk art donkey candleholder along with a lion
I am fairly certain is Navajo based on other examples out there of similarly constructed and painted owls and other animals
Rare, Unusual Early Rubber Alphabet Blocks party ware Though I spend much ofI think these are way cool, and great looking, and I have never seen, and can't find, another set like them. They're made of rubber, which is pretty firm but a little squishy too, with embossed letters and numbers on all sides. I love the bleed on the green especially, and the crusty surface of the rubber all over and they sit in a great old box holder made of wood from old crates, joined with fat nails and I'm sure made for them long ago. Definitely