Boy in Dunce Cap in Classroom, Poignant Old Snapshot Photo Vases And a pretty great mantra

And a pretty great mantra

A lovely little treen heart shaped box made of three different woods

which I really love as they make it seem as if it was handled so often the edges needed protection

perhaps even to determine the specific houses rendered

I just love how he appears to be tip toeing along the horizon line

Boy in Dunce Cap in Classroom, Poignant Old Snapshot Photo Vases And a pretty great mantraHard to believe that making students wear dunce caps was once a common practice but so it was, extending well into the 20th century as a classroom practice. Pretty rare though to find a candid snapshot of a child wearing one in class though, which this does seem to be, complete with one boy looking as if about to throw something at the camera, and what looks perhaps to be the teacher standing in the back. Heartbreaking, though I do read at least some