The Gaori Homestead, Sweet Old Painted Cigarette Tin with Note Inside antique folk art animals or their nurses--or perhaps both

or their nurses--or perhaps both

to the fat old nails everywhere--but most of all it is the "Shine" carved across the front and the many "BoB"s carved everywhere else

this would be the one

where it looks like a man or woman is minding his dog or big chicken

with beautifully turned fruitwood ends

The Gaori Homestead, Sweet Old Painted Cigarette Tin with Note Inside antique folk art animals or their nurses--or perhaps bothA sweet little thing, which I love for the naive farmhouse painting on its face, and also for the note inside which dismisses the value of the painting but proclaims its folkloric value! Painted by a Willie Gaori of the "Gaori homestead," c. 1940s or so I believe. 5 7 8" x 4 1 4" x 3 4" and in good condition.