Hold to Light! Very Finely Pinpricked Leaf with Face on Yellow Paper, Earlier 19th Century victorian boot which creates a spiral pattern

which creates a spiral pattern as it joins one pine needle bundle to the next

just some general toning to the envelop

With a hole at top for hanging from a nail

Some glare caught in photos

And so she seems to be

Hold to Light! Very Finely Pinpricked Leaf with Face on Yellow Paper, Earlier 19th Century victorian boot which creates a spiral patternI love this for feeling like a magical little secret, and that the paper should be sun yellow is just right. Its survival feels pretty miraculous too easy to miss that this is anything more than a plain slip of paper. My efforts to photograph the very finely pinpricked design fell a bit short, but details give a sense. It looks to me that there is a figure nestled into the face of this leaf, with face in 3 4 profile, perhaps an acorn hat on his head!