African Folk Art Painting with Handwritten Story on Reverse Walker Art Center mid-20th century I believe

mid-20th century I believe

The seasonal materials with which this basket was made are indigenous to the Olympic Peninsula in Washington

There is wear to this box consistent with its age

11” wide x 68” long

its face looks to me just like that of a big kitten

African Folk Art Painting with Handwritten Story on Reverse Walker Art Center mid-20th century I believeThis 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,