Lovely and Delicate Pair of Maine Folk Art Pipers handmade wooden game Signed (incised) on the bottom

Signed (incised) on the bottom with what looks to be Tamsin (

sweetly painted in blue and orange with gold striped details

early-ish 20th century I would guess

I believe at top is an owl

Lovely and Delicate Pair of Maine Folk Art Pipers handmade wooden game Signed (incised) on the bottomSuch a sweet pair it seems right they should stay together, one a sandpiper and the other a black bellied plover I believe, both of which would scurry around the seashores of Maine, which I believe is where they originated. Such magical creatures to watch in action, and I think these carvings due full justice to their delicacy and elegance and light on their feet precision. And how to beat those fields of black dots against creamy white? Plover (black