Beheading in Silhouette, Haunting and Unusual Old Cut Paper Work winged women " On the reverse

" On the reverse

There is a good amount of scratching to the surface and a little roughness around a few edges as pictured--signifiying that this is a tool meant to be used

-- and multiple post marks

I've found just a few other Odd Fellows hooked rugs from the late 19th and early 20th century

Beheading in Silhouette, Haunting and Unusual Old Cut Paper Work winged women " On the reverseNot for the feint of heart, but quite a striking and potent as well as unusual cut paper silhouette, I'd say. Which, as I look at it, seems all to hinge on this woman standing before the beheaded figure I'd like to imagine it is she who has finally gotten justice. (Being strongly averse to capital punishment, myself, I'll read that justice as metaphorical.) Hard to look at a silhouetted scene like this without thinking of the work of Kara Walker now,