Arthur Tilo Alt Childhood Watercolor Drawing of Firetruck, Germany, WWII era mermaid Signed "Maya" on the underside

Signed "Maya" on the underside

which were a predecessor to jack straws and pick up sticks

and want to fill every pretty bowl I have with them

I'm not sure if the ends were eaten or just worn away

which is more typically the case

Arthur Tilo Alt Childhood Watercolor Drawing of Firetruck, Germany, WWII era mermaid Signed "Maya" on the undersideThis is one a second batch of watercolor drawings I've purchased by Dr. Arthur Tilo Alt (1931 2019) a scholar and professor of German in Yiddish language and literature in the Judaic studies program at Duke University which came from his estate in Younsgsville, NC. Born in Java, Indonesia, Alt's family returned to their native Germany in 1933, where Tilo grew up in West Berlin, ultimately moving to the U. S. in 1956 to study at the University of