Group of Three Peruvian Handwoven Wool Textiles from Estate of Cynthia Numark Prelack antique gem tintypes with mother of pearl inlay

with mother of pearl inlay at the center of the lid and for the buttons of the shoe

I imagine his mother

which came from a trade publication titled "The Growth of Industrial Art" published by Sackett and Wilhelms Litho Co

which looks to be a scald mark and could have done the trick

Group of Three Peruvian Handwoven Wool Textiles from Estate of Cynthia Numark Prelack antique gem tintypes with mother of pearl inlayI purchased these woven wool pieces a number of years ago at the incredible estate sale of artist, gallerist and collector Cynthia Numark Prelack, whose Iguana gallery on Newbury Street in Boston focused on work of Haitian artists, but who also travelled and collected widely in Central and South America. (There are not sales like that anymore and I often wish I could be back in her brownstone; I would have bought a whole lot more now!) Anyway, I'm