Infinity Loop: Interlocking Bits Folk Art Whimsy Wreath, 10 Inch diameter joseph albers All mounted to blue card--

All mounted to blue card-- the perfect complement to the orange (with pattern drawn in red and black ink) and white (cotton I believe) of the lace

Great object

late 1930s or so

14 5/8" t x 3" wide with arm down

I am fairly certain is Navajo based on other examples out there of similarly constructed and painted owls and other animals

Infinity Loop: Interlocking Bits Folk Art Whimsy Wreath, 10 Inch diameter joseph albers All mounted to blue card--I find this type of whimsy composed of hundreds of individually carved wooden bits, each one sliding through the a slit in the center of next and locking in place quite amazing, and I don't come across them very often, especially one still forming a complete loop like this. (And, well constructed, it seems in no jeopardy of coming apart.) One finds examples fancier than this, with the pieces more ornately carved in a "Crown of Thorns" sort of manner,