1909 Dutch School Notebook with Naive Drawings, Star Diagrams and More fraktur bird making me think most likely

making me think most likely this was a school drawing

cut out and pasted down with green crayoned grass drawn directly on the surface of the paper card itself

It looks from the underside as though it might once have been clad in light blue paint

with incised round eyes on either side of the head and a shell pattern on his back

1909 Dutch School Notebook with Naive Drawings, Star Diagrams and More fraktur bird making me think most likelyMy photos are not very good here graphite on cream paper just seems to fade away and this 1909 school notebook is only partially filled, but it has some very charming moments, and connections to Froebel kindergarten, too. The address on the paper label on the front of the notebook locates is in Utrecht, Holland, and the handwritten notes inside are indeed Dutch. And, in typical Dutch manner, its a pretty orderly and systematic approach to various