Folk Art Rocking Plinko Type Game with Paper Star Ground vintage French painted souvenir box I purchased this very charming

I purchased this very charming carved Western Meadowlark from a seller in Kansas--as it should be

The monochrome palette also makes it feel sort of mid-way between watercolor painting and black and white photograph

making the windows--covered with clear film/mylar and cream paper behind that--glow

and certainly a useful and satisfying place to sit

with white cheek

Folk Art Rocking Plinko Type Game with Paper Star Ground vintage French painted souvenir box I purchased this very charmingI really love this one, including for the way that the back sides of the game board are arched, such that it can be set flat on a table and rocked to one side or the other to set the steel ball in motion, with scores handwritten at both ends of the board between the nails. The ground is hand cut construction paper, with one star layered on top of the next, and nails following the outlines of the stars. And then a sheet of glass over top, suspended in