Curious Old Carved Green Marble Obelisk with Various Symbols student achievement medal Burmese (Myanmar) lacquerware dates back

Burmese (Myanmar) lacquerware dates back to the 13th century

This bowl radiates joy--everything about it feels absolutely right

with a raffia loop already attached for hanging on the wall

and this terrific alligator cracking to the paint on the "good" side

I believe and surely made by a school girl

Curious Old Carved Green Marble Obelisk with Various Symbols student achievement medal Burmese (Myanmar) lacquerware dates backThings like this intrigue and delight me with their primitiveness and earnestness and sense of purposefulness that seems now rather mysteriousness and unknowable. Found in Maine, certainly it was a folk creation maybe, with heart dangling on what might be taken for a chain on one side, a valentine of sorts, or maybe an offering to the gods in hopes of love! What's going on the other sides is a bit less clear, but looks rather like hieroglyphics, and