Antique Kindergarten Paper Weaving in Greens landscape painting with man I believe allowing for tightening

I believe allowing for tightening once filled

enhancing a sense of fame and fortune ahead

with the silk still held very taut all the way around

2 1/16” t x 1 1/4” w x 1 7/16” d and in very good condition

or as snow shovels for dolls

Antique Kindergarten Paper Weaving in Greens landscape painting with man I believe allowing for tighteningA lovely example of a late 19th early 20th c. kindergarten woven paper "beauty form" using Froebel's 14th Gift weaving papers. Celadon green paper woven into darker green, and mounted to tan. For Froebel, paper weaving was a means of teaching "counting, progression, method, composition, planning and creativity" [Norman Brosterman, Inventing Kindergarten] as well as, perhaps most importantly, color. 5 1 16" x 4 3 8", very good condition.