SOLD GROUND PLAN: Early 20th C. Paper Thin Brass Surveyors/Architects Stencil early 1900s carving I think it is quite

I think it is quite possibly an antique Oaxacan alebrije

with an early incarnation of the lettering still visible under the current hand-painted version

Stands up on its own

Simple as can be

featuring a young Hawaiian woman with cards spread out in front of her)

SOLD GROUND PLAN: Early 20th C. Paper Thin Brass Surveyors/Architects Stencil early 1900s carving I think it is quiteI find these old brass surveyors architects stencils so beautiful paper thin, finely made, and really shining rather like liquid gold in the light. I purchased a lot of them from a seller in England, and have broken them up into smaller thematic groups. These would have been used to annotate blueprints architectural renderings, but as a lover of found language I like them as small, evocative signs of sorts, which could be interesting in all sorts