Antique Odd Fellows Mesh Mask with Original Elastic Strap folk art coin bank I've documented a representative sample

I've documented a representative sample

this is a perfect set to play with as well as to admire--and  it's quite a nice thing to have the choice of straight or bent hook depending on the form of the jack straw one is trying to lift

I am pretty certain this fantastic folk art dog is Canadian

Lilley (1819-1882)

Antique Odd Fellows Mesh Mask with Original Elastic Strap folk art coin bank I've documented a representative sampleI continue to grab these when I come across them which is increasingly rarely it seems as I continue to find them such evocative things, including for literally carrying the facial imprints of Odd Fellows long gone into the present and future. I also like that the faces on these antique homemade ones often look quite goofy this one, to me, a bit as if just having feasted and now wearing a happy, satiated smile! With red painted lips and cheeks, black