Charming Old Folk Art Puzzle Cube Maine with these three emaciated-looking figures

with these three  emaciated-looking figures emerging from a dense crowd shrouded in darkness

8 1/2" tall x 3 3/4" wide x 3 1/2" deep

each with a Janus-like pair of faces

6” widest diameter

Charming Old Folk Art Puzzle Cube Maine with these three emaciated-looking figuresI love this thing, both as an object, and for the thinking and making process it represents. Like other puzzle cubes (I'm listing a few more modern Japanese versions I just picked up as well), each piece has its specific place, and is taken apart, and put back together, in a certain order. This one is wonderfully rustic in its construction, with the pieces fitting together by way of posts and holes but my favorite thing is the numbers carved across