Antique Cylindrical Wooden Box with Rounded Lid folk art with the banded areas revealing

with the banded areas revealing unglazed clay decorated with geometric patterns in black and blue and red circles

the pom poms at the bottom

5” diameter

from the woman gathering laundry off the line

HJG and HJP

Antique Cylindrical Wooden Box with Rounded Lid folk art with the banded areas revealingI am not sure the original purpose of this little lidded box, but I sure think its a beauty. Its got a wonderful wonderful patina, what seem to me just perfect proportions, and could be useful for storing all sorts of little things. I have not touched the wood, which is a bit dry with a little bit of cracking, but I think one could give it a little love by rubbing it with a bit of mineral oil or butcher block cream. It measures 4 3 8" tall with the