Wonderful Antique Four Drawer Tramp Art Chest with Mirror bossing hammer Oil on canvas

Oil on canvas

vigorously decorated with what appears to be black marker

and newer reinforcements screwed to either side to sturdy it up

both antique Sioux)--most definitely it is Native American

Wonderful Antique Four Drawer Tramp Art Chest with Mirror bossing hammer Oil on canvasI found this one at an antiques show in New Hampshire last week, and it took me all of one second to commit to it many times better in person, with tons of character, terrific crusty surface, structurally very sound and sturdy, and original mirror in place. Not as ornate as many tramp pieces, which I think is a good thing, but with chip carving to most every edge, including around the perimeter of each drawer face. Pulling out the drawers reveals that