Beautiful Antique Treen Child’s Rattle m The folio with the diagram

The folio with the diagram that features the blue head in profile is loose from the others

I purchased this terrific handwoven rug from the estate sale of an artist and gallerist on Newbury Street in Boston who dealt in Haitian art primarily

Good for holding the newspaper

Overall very clean

Beautiful Antique Treen Child’s Rattle m The folio with the diagramIve coveted one of these for a long timecomprised of individually carved pieces, akin to a whimsy as well as to an interlocking wooden puzzle, but with the bonus of producing a great sound when shaken. (And it feels a bit like a magic wand, too!) Of the several of these Ive come across, each has been quite different, and I think the form of this one especially lovely, including for the ball shaped end at top. Others Ive seen are most often varnished,