Late 1800s Watercolor Drawing of Native American Woman with Papoose and Dog round lidded wood box At 7 3/4" across

At 7 3/4" across

I always have an eye out for vintage teaching toys and games with great graphics--allowing them to double as design objects

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Late 1800s Watercolor Drawing of Native American Woman with Papoose and Dog round lidded wood box At 7 3/4" acrossOh, how I love this drawing! Technically a watercolor painting I suppose, but with pencil drawn details, most notably for the face, hands and hair of the Native American woman at the center, which give it such a marvelous intimacy and specificity that its nature as a drawing is most certainly the dominant one. As with ledger drawings, which this is very similar to in manner, included is just exactly what is needed and not a thing more to bring this