c. 1908 Watercolor Postcard of Native American Chief on Horse gold painted school slate just a beautiful thing

just a beautiful thing

I am guessing product of the weight of the lid being a bit too much for the tiny hinge to take

One could also lay a narrow tray inside to create a flat surface

which I love for its strangeness and its crudeness--one has the sense that its maker chose their three very favorite carved heads and then made this tree-like platform in order to give them a home

Because we are inching toward the mid-terms

c. 1908 Watercolor Postcard of Native American Chief on Horse gold painted school slate just a beautiful thingIt seems a bit curious that this should have been painted on an Austrian postcard (dated 1908,) but so it was. What a marvelous watercolor I think it is, loaded with color and detailed pattern, from his elaborate feather headdress to his fur cape to his fringed pants and beaded moccasin, plus red patterned blanket and reins on this beautiful horse too, charging full steam ahead. Fantastic. 5 5 8" x 3 5 8" and in very good condition. It looks like