Chance Animal Silhouettes on Card in Old Green Painted Frame mexican folk art burro Cut paper works like this

Cut paper works like this were part of Froebel's kindergarten program

pieces of crate wood

just a small hole at the center of the bottom edge

and a second cutout diamond where the inlay appears to have been lost

green and yellow hats

Chance Animal Silhouettes on Card in Old Green Painted Frame mexican folk art burro Cut paper works like thisA chance delight! I discovered this while opening up an antique gold gessoed frame in order to reuse it, and here was this, used as backing paper for a photo, sandwiched between a few other layers. Surely a product of toning, perhaps it once backed a pair of paper cutout animals, which left their silhouettes behind. Looks like a cat and horse to me, though perhaps a dog and an especially graceful cow! Whatever the case, the happiest of accidents