Antique Frontier Scene (?) Watercolor in Period Gilded Frame silver hardware both as tokens of Taoism

both as tokens of Taoism (shooing away evils) and with the practical function of brushing away the flies

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Antique Frontier Scene (?) Watercolor in Period Gilded Frame silver hardware both as tokens of TaoismI'm not entirely certain what is going on in this evocative little watercolor, but I really really love it, with its big dark sky enveloping what looks like a western frontier structure to me, and cowboy looking figures standing next to what I assume is a fire. Considered together with the deer watercolor surely by the same artist, which I just listed, my guess might be that these were done as first hand sketches out west, late 19th century or so,