Marvelous Antique Folk Art Wooden House (Bank) with Alligator Paint shadow puppet with snake NY--intended as teaching toys

NY--intended as teaching toys

I immediately thought it was something Asiatica would sell

of eastern Burma/Myanmar

and for the fact that Fancher did the same exercises over and over

Ritter's expressionistic treatment of which I find potent and poignant and tender

Marvelous Antique Folk Art Wooden House (Bank) with Alligator Paint shadow puppet with snake NY--intended as teaching toysThe challenge with this wonderful house is deciding which side to face front; there are strong arguments in all directions! With a slot cut under one arching window on one of the short sides, my guess is that a father or grandfather made this one as a coin bank for a child, though with no floor I'd guess the money inserted didn't stay there for long! Clearly tons of love was put into this, with wooden frames around each silver painted window,