its a pretty fun rattle to wave around
perhaps to remind him of the good husband he should be
And of course I love how the dark-haired sister at far left looks out to meet our gaze
not least because of the wonderfully hand-cut edges of the paper
with its origins traced to the spread of Hinduism in the medieval era and the arrival of leather-based puppet arts called thalubomalata from southern India
Sensitive Ink and Crayon Portrait by Jon Kodwyck, Newburyport MA, 1972 handmade wooden frames its a pretty fun rattleFor the same Rockport, MA estate of an artist and longtime collector as lots of things I've been listing of late, this is a 1972 pen and crayon drawing by Jon Serge Kodwyck (1917 2006) of Newburyport, MA. Kodwyck was well known regionally (with some auction records out there) for emotive, expressionistic studies, especially of women. (He was also an avid striped bass fisherman, holding a world record for hooking and reeling in the largest striped