Whence Came You Vintage Freemasons Sign clay woman The bar upon which they

The bar upon which they hang measures 2" across

This is a lovely Penobscot (Native New England) splint ash and sweetgrass basket woven around a glass jar to serve as a vase

with three dancing clowns in ballooning pants on one side

and pretty handy too

There is some wear to the wood in one spot on the interior lip of the bottom

Whence Came You Vintage Freemasons Sign clay woman The bar upon which theyI nabbed this painted metal sign just because I liked it, but I've since come to understand that "Whence Came You?" is a phrase central to Freemasonry, apparently intended to provide profound thinking about the meaning of life, self, and what it means to be a Mason. The history and rituals of the Freemasons seem incredibly complex, so I won't even try to get into them here, but I do think they claimed a pretty great phrase! And certainly hanging this