Crisp and Sharp Vintage Match Stick Tramp Art Lined Box with Inlays and Pedestal Base vintage isleta pueblo pottery and metal)

and metal)

which I believe dates to the very early 20th century

Black and red ink on lined paper

8" long x 7 1/2" tall x 1 3/8" wide and weighs 3 1/2 pounds

14 1/4" x 11 3/8"

Crisp and Sharp Vintage Match Stick Tramp Art Lined Box with Inlays and Pedestal Base vintage isleta pueblo pottery and metal)It has been a while since I found a match stick tramp art prison art creation I really liked, but then this handsome dresser box, found in Maine, which someone took great care making and feels like quite a proud thing. Feels almost classical in its aspirations, between those precise inlays and that pedestal base, with four feet attached to underside too, and then a clean, crisp navy blue fabric lining. (The lining seems original to me but I can't say