Sweet and Self-Reflexive Old Match Covered Match Box vintage Mexican folk art armadillo spelling "soleil" at left (wonderfully

spelling "soleil" at left (wonderfully divided across two lines as if an afterthought

maybe a little watercolor too

Pear: 3” t x 2 5/8” widest

He was also an accomplished self-taught banjo and fiddle player

Sweet and Self-Reflexive Old Match Covered Match Box vintage Mexican folk art armadillo spelling "soleil" at left (wonderfullyOf 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.