Cigar Box City Tower colored ink drawing Born in Java

Born in Java

and the whole scene

30 1/2" t x 10 1/2" w x 5/8" d

an Austrian popularizer of natural history

a couple of dark bruises elsewhere

Cigar Box City Tower colored ink drawing Born in JavaSuch a charmer of a piece of folk architecture I think, resourcefully made of cigar box wood and exuberantly painted in a yellow grid with graphite drawn front door (and tiny clock overhead) and window panes, which offer a view of the stairs zig zagging diagonally from top to bottom on one short side. I'm not sure if there was ever a base to match the roof it doesn't appear so, and as is the open bottom would allow one to stash some secret things