Transcendent (and Ultra Painterly) Froebel Kindergarten Folded Paper Composition Suchern sterling silver but he looks the bit

but he looks the bit of a daring adventurer to me

and a second smaller pin rectangle with pretty blue sides--all found together

It seems possible that this portrait is of Mi'k ai'stoowa (Red Crow)

I am fairly certain this lovely small Japanese lacquer on papier mache box dates to Meiji period

a late 19th-very early 20th c

Transcendent (and Ultra Painterly) Froebel Kindergarten Folded Paper Composition Suchern sterling silver but he looks the bitYou know I love my antique Froebel kindergarten folded and woven paper exercises, usually the finer the better, but for me this one transcends those origins to read, and satisfy, like a sophisticated abstract painting. In part due to the chance unfolding of a few of those purple corners long ago, and also due to the slightly off kilter arrangement of those square (and torn edges of the backing paper too) it makes me think of the work of Hlio Oiticica