DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Neuwirth Box, #91

NameBox

Artist Artist unrecorded

DateNovember 1915

Place madeUnited States, North America

MediumWood, metal, lacquer, glue

Dimensions4 × 6 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (10.16 × 16.51 × 11.43 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, gift of Helene and David Mintz, FA.2016.25.3

Object numberFA.2016.25.3

DescriptionThis tramp art box has a lift top with four tiers of various layered triangles on top and five tiers of various layered rectangles on the front and back. The box sits on four raised feet and is initialed “C.J.S” on the inside of the box. It is signed and dated at the bottom “Conrad Neuwirth Box 91 Nov. 1915.” The box has an over all brown color and is covered in a lacquer.