Folk Art Fishing Lure Box with Fish (and Five Interior Boxes) John E. Coppess whimsy with one finger in each

with one finger in each armhole and another inside the opening to the head

Made of lacquered papier mache

MA produced a pretty fabulous deck of cards

which is in very condition

On lined paper

Folk Art Fishing Lure Box with Fish (and Five Interior Boxes) John E. Coppess whimsy with one finger in eachI really love this one, most of all for the starry eyed fish on its face, looking rather as if sporting a mohawk and an overbite, but also for its great old green paint and the surprise of five smaller slide top boxes fit nearly inside surely intended for holding lures, but now good for all sorts of things. It looks like the interior boxes once had pulls (I'd guess maybe just pins nails), which one could easily add again, and would guess if anything