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Box, Trinket
Box, Trinket
Box, Trinket
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Box, Trinket

NameBox, Trinket
DateCA 1960, STAFF
Place madeTUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Chiapas, MEXICO, NORTH AMERICA
MediumWood, Paint, Metal
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/8 x 6 15/16 x 4 1/2 in. (10.4 x 17.7 x 11.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.5.901X.
Object numberA.1979.5.901X
DescriptionSmall trinket boxes. Sawn, nailed, and glued. Painted with pink bottoms, and lids with floral motifs. The boxes have hinges and leather fasteners. One box has "acozocuatal chiapas" on bottom, and one box much smaller than rest.
Gold-painted tramp art pedestal box
Artist Not Recorded
late 19th-early 20th Century
BOX, TRINKET
CA 1965, STAFF
Tramp Art Box
Artist Not Recorded
late 19th - early 20th century
Round, painted box
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1959
Amulet
Artist Not Recorded
Tramp art whimsy storage table with mirrored cone
Henry Patrick Nugent
Early 20th Century
Tramp art whimsy table
Henry Patrick Nugent
early 20th Century
Box
CA 1960, STAFF
Tramp art miniature dresser
Artist Not Recorded
Late 19th century
Wycinanki
Alina Grzdak
c. 1960
AMULET
Artist Not Recorded
ca 1960