Fabulous Old Painted Root Wood Leopard! (With Gnawed At Nose) canivet card with the lack of indices

with the lack of indices (numbers) and the square corners dating these to the 19th century for sure

Clearly it is the most tender

General wear and a few stains but overall very good condition for being nearly 200 years old

is housed on the frame I found it in (in Great Barrington

perfectly counterpointed by these fenced beds of exuberant flowers in the foreground

Fabulous Old Painted Root Wood Leopard! (With Gnawed At Nose) canivet card with the lack of indicesThis! One of two leopards today, which alone mean it was a good week. And quite a singular thing this one, made of a piece of root wood, lending it this wonderfully snaking and twisting body. Something appears to have gnawed a bit at its snout at some point, resulting in some loss and roughness there, and the end of one leg shows a little loss too but what remains is so good and so full of life I don't much care! Terrific old paint, black spots