African Folk Art Painting with Handwritten Story on Reverse brass paperclip 6 3/8" diameter x 2

6 3/8" diameter x 2 1/2" tall

very light spots on the glass

Each one is unique and they stack snugly inside their fantastically detailed box— depicting a woman in a dazzling interior

singular form from certain angles

lending a warmth and homeyness to its dynamic

African Folk Art Painting with Handwritten Story on Reverse brass paperclip 6 3/8" diameter x 2This 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,