The Gaori Homestead, Sweet Old Painted Cigarette Tin with Note Inside hanging birds which I purchased from an

which I purchased from an excellent dealer who had it in his personal collection for several decades

and a decorated one at that

this form at lower right

She actually began writing in it January of 1928

made of pine and worn in all the right spots

The Gaori Homestead, Sweet Old Painted Cigarette Tin with Note Inside hanging birds which I purchased from anA sweet little thing, which I love for the naive farmhouse painting on its face, and also for the note inside which dismisses the value of the painting but proclaims its folkloric value! Painted by a Willie Gaori of the "Gaori homestead," c. 1940s or so I believe. 5 7 8" x 4 1 4" x 3 4" and in good condition.