Two Shapes, Three Forms, Opposing End Grains, More Sculpture than Puzzle antique animal prints I found this antique lovely

I found this antique  lovely in Lancaster County

7" x 3 7/8"

With some old paper adhered to the underside that I didn't try to remove but looks like it could be soaked off

Very owl like and even a little haunting

14 1/2" l x 7 1/4" w

Two Shapes, Three Forms, Opposing End Grains, More Sculpture than Puzzle antique animal prints I found this antique lovelyA beautiful and also somewhat mysterious feeling thing, or group of things, which I just needed to bring home and be around for a bit. The wood is here is a hard wood, with a very smooth surface (if I were better at identifying woods I would!) Feels much more like a modernist sculpture than something made for a child, and with a tension about how the two positive forms relate to the cutouts in the rectangular block the end grain patterns tell us they