Rare Antique Oval Shaped Slate with Carved Walnut Frame odd fellows links the Black Hills of South

the Black Hills of South Dakota

And on the back of each is a tab for standing them up

as it's the Kansas State bird

Made of ash splint and woven sweetgrass

would make an especially nice valentine of sorts for whoever is one's "Best of All

Rare Antique Oval Shaped Slate with Carved Walnut Frame odd fellows links the Black Hills of SouthI've bought and sold and otherwise admired a lot of antique slates, but never have I come across one with a rounded corner frame like this one, hand carved of walnut, I believe, in two parts joined by interlocking wooden pins. Since finding this one I've hunted around online and found just a couple of images of other 19th c round ish slates, but none with frames joined in quite this way. To my eye it's extraordinary beautiful, and all the better for