Mexican Folk Art Painted Cobbler's Shoe with Jesus and Crucifixion Iconography hand-carved wooden animal vessel then players alternately use the

then players alternately use the hook tool to try to lift and extract pieces without disturbing any others

from whatever materials they had at hand--but my guess is that this small lidded box is an example

Plus this lovely small matching bowl/vase

established as the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in 1819

Mexican Folk Art Painted Cobbler's Shoe with Jesus and Crucifixion Iconography hand-carved wooden animal vessel then players alternately use theI've certainly seen Mexican folk art cobbler's forms completely covered with Milagros, but I had not seen a painted on before though have since learned this too is a genre. This is by far the best example I've found, painted with the face of Christ on the toe, and then imagery related to the crucifixion on all sides (nails for the cross, tools of torture, Judas' bag of silver.) Perhaps not for everyone but I really love both the manner of the painting