Intricate, Meticulously Constructedd Vintage Painted Wooden Geometric Model construction toy 5” w x 3 1/2

5” w x 3 1/2 d x 4 3/8” t

and the more humble the better as far an my sensibilities go

as something of a retort to notions of keeping women in the kitchen (or nursery

I presume it is a mother hidden somewhere there under this wide and ambling drape of cloth--an unusual expanse as far as I've seen

with a very believably lemon-like skin and a few brown spots for good measure

Intricate, Meticulously Constructedd Vintage Painted Wooden Geometric Model construction toy 5” w x 3 1/2A very carefully constructed geometric model composed of hundreds of precisely cut wooden bits a far cry in appearance from science class toothpick and putty models, but born of the same method. I don't know the maker or the context in which it came to be perhaps a math class at MIT! Second half 20th century I presume, and clad in a thin coat of mustard colored paint. It does not stand on its own due to the angled sides, but is very striking just hung