Earlyish 20th C. Hand-carved Folk Art Snake in a Book Shaped Box pre-columbian frog vessel 14 1/8 t not including

14 1/8 t not including handle

to my mind constituting "art without intent" for the manner in which crazing to the ceramic has produced this fine network of rust colored lines that run between and among the blue marbled lines patterning the cup

There is a long entry about the museum at RoadsideAmerica

surely a relative

I'm not quite sure why it is that old pull toys appeal to me so much

Earlyish 20th C. Hand-carved Folk Art Snake in a Book Shaped Box pre-columbian frog vessel 14 1/8 t not includingThis folk art snake in a box, American, earlyish 20th c. I believe, is larger and more substantial than most I have seen carved I believe to pass for a book on the shelf and quite a satisfying one to release by sliding the lid! (And the wear to the paint on the lid where the snake hits it as it completes its emergence tells us it has been opened many times!) Great paint on the snake, with orange spots against black and red inside the mouth, plus