Folk Art Painting on Tin Lid with Boaters, Mountains, Teepees, Camp Fire configuration cards and the remnants of old

and the remnants of old green paint (a bit hard to see in photos

which would read in full "Pat'd June 17

with a steel spinning tip at the end and an inset lighter wood handle

from the period during which they were teaching at the University of New Hampshire

and perhaps also watercolor for the color

Folk Art Painting on Tin Lid with Boaters, Mountains, Teepees, Camp Fire configuration cards and the remnants of oldIt takes a very close view to fully appreciate some of the details on this one, but I think it's pretty great just on its face. I believe the lid was likely to a paint can it's about that size and of course I love a painting made on whatever happens to be sitting around. A close up view reveals the boaters to be Native American, wearing feathered headdresses, and on the left shore bank, though fairly dark, are a pair of teepees with tall trees behind