Sweet and Self-Reflexive Old Match Covered Match Box vintage Mexican folk art armadillo 20" l x 1 1/4"

20" l x 1 1/4" w and in excellent condition

This brush has been used and there is wear to the wood particularly on the back side

with a few stray paint dabs here or there

several editions of which were produced

maybe a little watercolor too

Sweet and Self-Reflexive Old Match Covered Match Box vintage Mexican folk art armadillo 20" l x 1 1/4"Of course an old match box should be encased in matches, each one burned black before being carefully laid down alongside the one before it. To my eye quite a satisfying thing formally, and even better self reflexive I'l like to think it was the matches from this very Red & White Brand match box that were used to make it, yielding the empty box! 5 1 8" x 3" x 1 3 4". Very good condition. C. 1940s or so, I believe.