What is it?

High pasta art.

It's the landlord's but lord only knows where it came from. The deep velvet casing and glass frame suggest a prized treasure. Does it have some sentimental value? From a crazed aunt in a school for the criminally insane? And what is it anyway? A leaf with an extra appendage? A whale? Today because I heard a nice David Lynch quote, today for me it's a fish.

"Desire for an idea is like bait. When you're fishing, you have to have patience. You bait your hook, and then you wait. The desire is the bait that pulls those fish in - those ideas.
The beautiful thing is that when you catch one fish that you love, even if it's a little fish - a fragment of an idea - that fish will draw in other fish, and they'll hook onto it. Then you're on your way. Soon there are more and more and more fragments, and the whole thing emerges. But it starts with desire"

good ideas need a bit of peace.. just like fishing... and maybe pasta art who knows?