Thick Antique Chip Carved, Gold Painted Tramp Art Cross stencil booklet it features a hand carved

it features a hand carved wooden handle

sturdy and sound and lovely

and I love the dark brown on bright white window patterns and those green dots on yellow

5 7/8" tall

and governed by the Seneca Nation

Thick Antique Chip Carved, Gold Painted Tramp Art Cross stencil booklet it features a hand carvedIf ever there were a tramp art cross that seemed to express unwavering faith, I think it's this so thickly stacked and solid it feels quite invincible. And indeed its the form that I really love about it, with all of those chip carved layers creating a really wonderful geometry, and when laid on its side it looks almost like a piece of architecture. Old, nicely mellowed gold paint, I believe original to it, with some traces of an aqua blue on top that