Mid Century Sun-like Folk Trivet antler carved bird the top one stepping back

the top one stepping back a bit from the one below

I believe it may have been a collections box

) Those were more refined and the dialing/locking mechanisms concealed

such that it comes to a point at the very center of the face

4 3/4" l x 2" tall not including tail in either case

Mid Century Sun-like Folk Trivet antler carved bird the top one stepping backI realize now that popsicle stick and wooden bead trivets (and even bowls) were once a thing but when I came across this I thought it was, completely on its own terms, a very beautiful and immensely satisfying construction! I am also certainly feeling a good deal of nostalgia for my 1970s childhood, and this feels like 60s 70s granola goodness incarnate in the best of ways. I might call it mid century modern tramp and it feels like sunshine. 9 3 4" d.