Gang of Men with Attitude Against Painted Banner with Snake, 19th C. Tintype aboriginal basket and which used to be

and which used to be blue

and good for holding cards received or yet to be written

with a few rich green leaves setting it off just perfectly

are all really full of life too

The figures

Gang of Men with Attitude Against Painted Banner with Snake, 19th C. Tintype aboriginal basket and which used to beWhat a cast of characters not the sort one might want to encounter in a dark alley I'd say! Great faces and hats and a whole lot of attitude, but what especially sold me on this one is the painted (sideshow?) banner that hangs behind them, with a snake visible along the top edge center, looking as if whispering in the ear or about to bite the neck of the tallest young man. I presume the glassy eyed young man to the left him is in fact blind very