Stars, Moon, Sun, Arrow, ?, Fabulous Antique Heavily Decorated Folk Art Razors Box black woman and I love there fact

and I love there fact that the configuration of entertaining bodies of these two reminds me a lot of the form of a Charles Moore

including with gold for the torso and the arms

9" x 5 1/2"

carved deeply into the face

and I think both pretty perfectly captured here

Stars, Moon, Sun, Arrow, ?, Fabulous Antique Heavily Decorated Folk Art Razors Box black woman and I love there factOne of my favorite finds at the Rhinebeck show, purchased from a Maine based dealer who always has wonderful things. And the warm energy around this box is of a magical sort. I believe it was made as a box to hold folding straight razors, and I have a hunch it was the box of someone who delivered shaves for a living perhaps a train station barber, very common in the late 19th early 20th century, with the box feeling to me close kin to a folk art shoe