1920s Greenich Village Nude Letter Opener antique religious A curious little whimsey

A curious little whimsey

starting a family and working odd jobs as a mechanic and hotel cook before embarking on a second far-flung career as a merchant mariner

I've found two groups of them before

I am pretty certain this one is Ojibwe and really love its relative simplicity

11 1/4" l x 7 5/8" t x 3/16" d

1920s Greenich Village Nude Letter Opener antique religious A curious little whimseyMaybe just a little thing, but I love the thought that this was made in Greenwich Village in the 1920s, as signed on reverse transporting one, at least in one's imagination, to a very different time in the life a once very bohemian place, of which the loosely hand drawn nude on the front feel like an apt and spirited embodiment. I really like this. 10 1 4" l x 1 1 4" w, good condition, great patina.