Stars, Moon, Sun, Arrow, ?, Fabulous Antique Heavily Decorated Folk Art Razors Box black woman as it is perfectly embodies

as it is perfectly embodies that history

plus death personified as skeleton with scythe standing over a figure in bed

and to my eye the sketches reflect a wonderful sense of warmth and familiarity

and I love there fact that the configuration of entertaining bodies of these two reminds me a lot of the form of a Charles Moore

Stars, Moon, Sun, Arrow, ?, Fabulous Antique Heavily Decorated Folk Art Razors Box black woman as it is perfectly embodiesOne of my favorite finds at the Rhinebeck show, purchased from a Maine based dealer who always has wonderful things. And the warm energy around this box is of a magical sort. I believe it was made as a box to hold folding straight razors, and I have a hunch it was the box of someone who delivered shaves for a living perhaps a train station barber, very common in the late 19th early 20th century, with the box feeling to me close kin to a folk art shoe