Stunning Gouache with Gold Leaf Antique Thai Manuscipt Painting of Two Monks with Fans Gripping Throats (Story of Phra Mala?) object to hang plus they're super useful in

plus they're super useful in the kitchen for scooping little measures of this or that

via two perfectly placed brass pins

held by pins inside that attach to either side of the boot

(And one could draw some conclusions from them too--in my experience

Stunning Gouache with Gold Leaf Antique Thai Manuscipt Painting of Two Monks with Fans Gripping Throats (Story of Phra Mala?) object to hang plus they're super useful inThis is a leaf, or maybe should be called two leaves, as it is hinged across the center, from a Thai manuscript folding book (samut khol), later 19th century I believe, gouache, ink and gold leaf on heavy (light board weight) paper. I purchased it along with one other from the same manuscript, listed separately, and believe they may be illustrating episodes from the legend of Phra Mala, a core text of Theravada Buddhist teaching in Southeast Asia,