Humorous matchbox Made from corozo, sulphide and bone. The body consists of two screw-together parts. Depicts a monk in the round, with his hands clasped on a carved bone cross; inlaid bone buttons; he wears a beret and smokes a cigarette. A scraper beneath the base and sulphur eyes. The grotesque face and the monk’s posture lend this object a real charm. 19th century H. 6.8 cm Pinholes with losses beneath the base. Soiling on the reverse