Colorful c. 1940s Match Book Folk Art Ring/Tray mixing bowl one stained black the other

one stained black the other left alone

This is larger than the size one typically sees

where it might be seen and used

Then some more elaborate views of rocks and ruins in landscape context

Colorful c. 1940s Match Book Folk Art Ring/Tray mixing bowl one stained black the otherI don't come across these very often, but am always happy when I do akin in many ways to tramp prison art creations woven of old cigarette packs. This was made of matchbooks, and quite a colorful collection of them, with few to no repeats from what I can see, bits of text showing here and there. I presume originally made as the surround for a removable ashtray, but now a nice bowl to house a collection of, say, old clay marbles! (I had a handful of