Andrea Panella "The Story" Vintage Oil and Wax Painting on Canvas wabanaki thimble basket would originally have used to

would originally have used to cut pieces of Areca nut--commonly referred to as betel nut

It was purchased from an estate sale that included a wonderful collection of mid-century and contemporary ceramics from Japan

Hand-painted and finely made

for which perhaps additional decoration was planned

It is signed (see photos) but I have not been able to trace the maker

Andrea Panella "The Story" Vintage Oil and Wax Painting on Canvas wabanaki thimble basket would originally have used toI'm quite taken with this small painting, which I can't stop looking at, and which has a fantastic presence and gravitas that I think far exceeds its small size, though its scale is exactly right. I see a green snake with bared teeth and fantastically long tongue, which winds through and around the rest of the forms, literally tying them together. I'd guess the painting titled "The Story" portrays Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, with red tree at