Man with Lost Eye, Pink Cheeks, Voluminous Coat, 19th C. Full Plate Tintype Everett Pratt folk art joined with a simple brass

joined with a simple brass butterfly clip at top

I don't know what it is (maybe a mold

including for the bit of wood extending at top left

The checkers appear molded rather than treen but box is hardwood

a pretty cool thing

Man with Lost Eye, Pink Cheeks, Voluminous Coat, 19th C. Full Plate Tintype Everett Pratt folk art joined with a simple brassStriking to see a young man with a lost eye uncovered by a patch, and the combination of it, together with his pinked cheeks and very oversized coat make him seem both deeply vulnerable but also somehow protected. (The very wide sleeves and extra long arms of that coat keep making me think of Joseph Beuys' felt suits.) To my eye there is also a sense of the surreal about it, with the fringe on the arm of the chair feeling of another (David Lynch ian)