Satisfying 19th C. Painted Documents Box leaf-shaped tray with the cross and crown

with the cross and crown of thorns behind him foreshadowing his death

All slide tops slide smoothy and fit tightly

Penobscot and Passamaquoddy tribes) and I believe it is MicMac specifically

and so was thrilled to recently find a bunch of them

14" tall x 13

Satisfying 19th C. Painted Documents Box leaf-shaped tray with the cross and crownI've been paying more attention lately to early painting techniques as applied to the decoration of utilitiarian objects, from smoke painting to to a huge variety of approaches to grain painting originally used to imitate the look of more expensive woods, but really taking on a life of its own as a form of creative expression. (What I am really coveting now is a thumb print painted box!) This is not a fancy box it was made to be used, and has been,