Smiling Face Antique Painting on Silk resting birds Unrepaired is a large chip

Unrepaired is a large chip to one leg of the frog

7 1/4" tall  x 10" diameter

definitely Art Deco influenced graphic style in which these three decidedly modern looking women are rendered reminds me of the watercolors of Pueblo artist Awa Tsireh from the same period (if you're not familiar

a bend in the cardstock weight paper near the lower left corner

and with her worn but still sparkly gold belt over long pink patterned robe-like dress

Smiling Face Antique Painting on Silk resting birds Unrepaired is a large chipSuch a funny, cheery face! It was painted on silk, then very carefully wrapped around a piece of round board, pinned tight along the edges all the way around. It did have a ribbon with a little hanging loop attached to the top, but it immediately crumbled in my hands as soon as I touched it not too surprising as I'd think this is well over a hundred years old. I think of it kind of like a smiling moon, and might hang it high on the wall to watch over