Geraldine Wallace's Love Tambourine! W. Klinj drawing so he turned to carving

so he turned to carving animals in order to express his love of the natural world

but perhaps a friendship between the two was rooted in both having school aged children

and upon graduating in 1887 immediately made a 2nd grade teacher

perhaps the frame was made just for it

in Los Angeles

Geraldine Wallace's Love Tambourine! W. Klinj drawing so he turned to carvingThings like this jump right into my heart and it is impossible for me not to assume responsibility for ensuring they will live into the future. I believe this tambourine, with hide drum and red painted frame, dates to the early 20th century, at some point along the way becoming the instrument of a Geraldine Wallace, who wrote her name and address inside of a heart on the face, and, more secretly, a G. W. + F. D. on the flip side of the drum. I really