Great Old Handmade Wooden Caddy With Nails Six Compartments folk art figure semi-circular wooden base of the

semi-circular wooden base of the scoop like a plug

which after 1880 reflected the influence of Laguna immigrants in terms of its polychrome decoration

and those mustached profiles do look rather French to me

but rather more about the everyday kindness and gentleness  of this particular

I grew up with my mother reading the entire saga of Oz books to my brother and myself

Great Old Handmade Wooden Caddy With Nails Six Compartments folk art figure semi-circular wooden base of theI love this old thing, which would be perfect for organizing and hauling around pens and pencils and crayons and paintbrushes and whatever else one might need to stash. I think it was in a similar fashion for many years, with some splotches of paint on one side and a little inside as well. I love all of the rows of old nails holding it together at the corners and joining the interior separators to the exterior such a warm and to my eye super