Old 2+ Lb. Weight with Satisfying Shape and Surface Frank Baum with wavy lines in alternating

with wavy lines in alternating directions filling every square of the perfectly imperfect grid not already occupied with (increasingly squished) letters

I spotted this orange-painted wooden carrying box from afar and knew I had to have it

it rather transcends functionality all together

the top one a (now) pale yellow linen

or perhaps made to hang in a civic space

Old 2+ Lb. Weight with Satisfying Shape and Surface Frank Baum with wavy lines in alternatingI would guess, having a handle of sorts, that this was a weight for some sort of industrial scale, but Im not certain. As per my postal scale, it weighs 2 lbs. 4 oz or so. I love it for its satisfying form, and for its black surface that also shows some traces of red on the handle where it was clearly much grabbed, and for the flat, unpainted bottom that looks sliced with an industrial saw rather than cast. Useful for holding down large piles of