African Folk Art Painting with Handwritten Story on Reverse Walker Art Center and just a fabulous object

and just a fabulous object to have around

I found the pin at the estate sale of an African American family in Kansas City

it is in excellent condition

satin-finish glazes -- deep celadon green

Or turn it upside down--it sits squarely on the ears and snout--and use it as a vase or even as a planter

African Folk Art Painting with Handwritten Story on Reverse Walker Art Center and just a fabulous objectThis African folk art painting poses a bit of a mystery. It is emblematic of paintings from Zimbabwe and Cameroon, which similarly feature numerous figures and animals, engaged in various activities, rendered in wonderfully bright colors and patterns and, like this one, painted on panel as well as its surrounding frame. But what makes this one particularly intriguing is that pasted to the back of the painting and written in pencil in a childlike hand,