Infinity Loop: Interlocking Bits Folk Art Whimsy Wreath, 10 Inch diameter joseph albers I've done some looking around

I've done some looking around

14 5/8" t x 3" wide with arm down

I am fairly certain is Navajo based on other examples out there of similarly constructed and painted owls and other animals

actually together formed a complete set

Infinity Loop: Interlocking Bits Folk Art Whimsy Wreath, 10 Inch diameter joseph albers I've done some looking aroundI find this type of whimsy composed of hundreds of individually carved wooden bits, each one sliding through the a slit in the center of next and locking in place quite amazing, and I don't come across them very often, especially one still forming a complete loop like this. (And, well constructed, it seems in no jeopardy of coming apart.) One finds examples fancier than this, with the pieces more ornately carved in a "Crown of Thorns" sort of manner,