Large, Heavy Antique Chip Carved Tramp Art Box with Hinged Lid motorcycle rider and with super saturated color

and with super saturated color on the flurry of birds and leafy branches

From a second batch of drawings by the prolific and endlessly inventive Chicago artist James Frederic Bone (1929-2015)

which now remains unlocked

Great for pounding the heck out of something

but this super sincere drawing is I think of a different ilk entirely

Large, Heavy Antique Chip Carved Tramp Art Box with Hinged Lid motorcycle rider and with super saturated colorThis may not be the fanciest tramp art box ever, but it is a beautifully constructed one, and a very heavy and substantial one, about as solid as they come, and also quite an old one I believe. In addition to the chip carved stacked layers, the base was carefully carved with cross hatches all the way around to complete the effect, and I love the way the bottom layer on the front face was carved out to accommodate the keyhole of the lock, which seems