Curious Old Carved and Painted Folk Art Wall Box with Birds and Hands - or Cacti! lantern but mostly because I love

but mostly because I love all of the effort and care put into making little things like this

there may be a bit of roughening around the bottom edge of the dome but minor if so

What I am not certain of is whether there is an intended function for the opening in the front of the body

including lots and lots of teeth

Curious Old Carved and Painted Folk Art Wall Box with Birds and Hands - or Cacti! lantern but mostly because I loveThis one I found in Pennsylvania and find super curious. The painting on the front has a Southwestern flavor, and then on both sides are what look striped sleeved arms ending in hands with pink painted fingernails.. but which one also could perhaps instead take for flowering cacti! And then on the back, two stylized bird with pin pricked outlines that feel very Pennsylvania, making this feel like quite a hybrid thing. 1940s I would think, though