Andrea Panella "The Story" Vintage Oil and Wax Painting on Canvas wabanaki thimble basket with that seam opened on

with that seam opened on a portion of the fourth side

It was purchased from an estate sale that included a wonderful collection of mid-century and contemporary ceramics from Japan

There is a black label in great condition on the inside top of the box reading "The Irvin Auger Bit Company

which I think give the piece a nice patina of age and use

especially prominent antlers

Andrea Panella "The Story" Vintage Oil and Wax Painting on Canvas wabanaki thimble basket with that seam opened onI'm quite taken with this small painting, which I can't stop looking at, and which has a fantastic presence and gravitas that I think far exceeds its small size, though its scale is exactly right. I see a green snake with bared teeth and fantastically long tongue, which winds through and around the rest of the forms, literally tying them together. I'd guess the painting titled "The Story" portrays Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, with red tree at