"Maggie Ball" in the Desert Wearing Two Hats, Striking Old Snapshot of Indigenous Woman old wooden ladle I just love the very

I just love the very Art Deco form of this "A"

and think they likely date to the first quarter of the 20th century

so delicately rendered in ink

made especially great by the white cuff separating plate blue sleeve from pink hand

and an element of soft surprise

"Maggie Ball" in the Desert Wearing Two Hats, Striking Old Snapshot of Indigenous Woman old wooden ladle I just love the veryQuite a amazing figure this indigenous woman cuts, between her two hats stacked tall, the wonderful mix of fabrics and garments and patterns covering her body, and most of all her striking, proud, life and desert weathered looking face, several front teeth missing. The hand written note on reverse names her as Maggie Ball and describes her shrewdness in finding things for nothing, which sounds like resourcefulness to me! It also notes that on the day