Sweet and Self-Reflexive Old Match Covered Match Box vintage Mexican folk art armadillo Pear: 3” t x 2

Pear: 3” t x 2 5/8” widest

spelling "soleil" at left (wonderfully divided across two lines as if an afterthought

or to call everyone to dinner

20" l x 1 1/4" w and in excellent condition

post 32" long

Sweet and Self-Reflexive Old Match Covered Match Box vintage Mexican folk art armadillo Pear: 3” t x 2Of course an old match box should be encased in matches, each one burned black before being carefully laid down alongside the one before it. To my eye quite a satisfying thing formally, and even better self reflexive I'l like to think it was the matches from this very Red & White Brand match box that were used to make it, yielding the empty box! 5 1 8" x 3" x 1 3 4". Very good condition. C. 1940s or so, I believe.