The Dog, the Church, and the Sailor: Triumvirate of Antique Thread Framed Photographs handmade sign MA for the manner in

MA for the manner in which it captures a specific way of living within a specific type of architecture in a particular place

It appears to be signed or marked on the bottom but I cannot make it out

elaborately decorated drums and what I believe are likely traditional bamboo trumpets

tiny tiny few sort of run together as a mish mosh of lids and bottoms

looks like the head of a seal

The Dog, the Church, and the Sailor: Triumvirate of Antique Thread Framed Photographs handmade sign MA for the manner inA group of three wonderful antique thread framed photographs found together near the Hudson River Valley clearly all made by the same person, and a sort of triumvirate of touchstones: dog, church, and (the largest) young sailor, son I presume, though perhaps husband. I come across thread wrapped photos every now and then, but rarely ones as colorfully framed as these, and don't think I've seen ones with thread framing anything other than human