Late 1800s Watercolor Drawing of Native American Woman with Papoose and Dog antique boxing toy and with her worn but

and with her worn but still sparkly gold belt over long pink patterned robe-like dress

about 150-170 years ago Kuna women of Panama began making Molas using the reverse appliqué technique

Buddhist and Jain mythology

Stamped 104 on the underside

Late 1800s Watercolor Drawing of Native American Woman with Papoose and Dog antique boxing toy and with her worn butOh, how I love this drawing! Technically a watercolor painting I suppose, but with pencil drawn details, most notably for the face, hands and hair of the Native American woman at the center, which give it such a marvelous intimacy and specificity that its nature as a drawing is most certainly the dominant one. As with ledger drawings, which this is very similar to in manner, included is just exactly what is needed and not a thing more to bring this