Curious Old Carved and Painted Folk Art Wall Box with Birds and Hands - or Cacti! Odd Fellows which were made to resemble

which were made to resemble a variety of animals and human figures

I’m not sure I’d try putting this back into use for ice fishing

On the front is a slot large enough to take coins or dollars

and scared out of his mind

I like to hold a piece of pottery in my hands before buying it

Curious Old Carved and Painted Folk Art Wall Box with Birds and Hands - or Cacti! Odd Fellows which were made to resembleThis one I found in Pennsylvania and find super curious. The painting on the front has a Southwestern flavor, and then on both sides are what look striped sleeved arms ending in hands with pink painted fingernails.. but which one also could perhaps instead take for flowering cacti! And then on the back, two stylized bird with pin pricked outlines that feel very Pennsylvania, making this feel like quite a hybrid thing. 1940s I would think, though