Wonderful Carved, Painted Folk Art Figure with Checkerboard lily of the valley I've looked at a fair

I've looked at a fair number of these antique hand-writing practice notebooks at this point and think the content in this one is especially excellent

Garuda is a legendary bird or bird-like creature in Hindu

I'm not quite sure though in what context this would be used

and came with a mallet that featured a round

which I think may be in Indiana

Wonderful Carved, Painted Folk Art Figure with Checkerboard lily of the valley I've looked at a fairI think it's an old blue Playskool block under the brown painted, carved stool upon which this wonderful figure sits, holding forth their checkerboard seemingly in perpetual hopes of soliciting a partner for a match. I love everything about this, including the fact that the figure seems both quite specific and also ambiguous in terms of gender, ethnicity, race and temperament such that this feels all about devotion to a game and a longing to play! 5 1