Sweet Family of Carved Animals op art and one could grab dice

and one could grab dice and any little things to serve as markers and play it now

but don't know for certain

all hand-embroidered

Skillfully done

as opposed to many "wood spirit" carvings--faces carved into branches with the bark on them--which are pretty kitschy

Sweet Family of Carved Animals op art and one could grab diceI found these together in a box, clearly carved by the same maker, and I believe the same maker as a bunch of heads chess pieces carved of old wood spools, listed separately. I love the whole lot of these, but it makes me especially happy that there is a tiny turtle smiling among them! The posture of what I take as a sitting bear is pretty wonderful too, as is that little elephant, and the tiny head on much taller body of whatever that tallest