Hold to Light! Very Finely Pinpricked Leaf with Face on Yellow Paper, Earlier 19th Century victorian boot With a hole at top

With a hole at top for hanging from a nail

features a section of deep relief on either side

And so she seems to be

Some glare caught in photos

facing front

Hold to Light! Very Finely Pinpricked Leaf with Face on Yellow Paper, Earlier 19th Century victorian boot With a hole at topI love this for feeling like a magical little secret, and that the paper should be sun yellow is just right. Its survival feels pretty miraculous too easy to miss that this is anything more than a plain slip of paper. My efforts to photograph the very finely pinpricked design fell a bit short, but details give a sense. It looks to me that there is a figure nestled into the face of this leaf, with face in 3 4 profile, perhaps an acorn hat on his head!