DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Shadowbox

NameTramp Art Frame

Artist Artist unrecorded

Date1920s - 1930s

Place madeUnited States

MediumWood, paint, hand-colored photograph, glass, fabric, cord

Dimensions15 3/8 × 11 5/8 × 3 1/16 in. (39 × 29.5 × 7.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2017.17.9

Object numberFA.2017.17.9

DescriptionThis shadow box is comprised of a black enclosed box with a glass front. The inside boarder of the box is comprised of red velvet and a red cord that lines each of the corners. At the center of the box there is a tramp art style picture frame with a United States flag crest at the top of the frame. Inside the frame there is a black and white photo of a young man that has hand-colored features added to it.