Fabulous 1950s Folk Art Woven Paper Over Wood Rattlesnake on Cardboard steel weight There are lots of gorgeous

There are lots of gorgeous old weathered wooden ones out there

11" t x 2" wide (across at belly)

His early commercial prints often bear the blindstamp of the editor

there have been many iterations of figures with very long noses

While this piece definitely shows its age

Fabulous 1950s Folk Art Woven Paper Over Wood Rattlesnake on Cardboard steel weight There are lots of gorgeousA note on the back of this wonderful snake tells us that it was made in spring or early summer 1957 at a YMCA in Washington DC as the bottom of a pipe rack which definitely makes me wish I could see the whole pipe rack, and also makes me think the classes at that particular YMCA must have been pretty amazing. It appears that the snake was carved of wood then very painstaking decorated with layers of brown and black cut paper, laid down layer by layer,