Vintage Native American Litho Tin

Vintage Native American Tin, titled Hiawatha's Wedding Journey. This lithographed tin is an advertising tin from the Loose Wiles Sunshine Biscuits Co. The metal octagon box features a handle and would have been used as a sewing tin back in the day. A remarkable piece in very good vintage condition, the graphics are faded on the lid; with a nice aged patina, with age related crackling, edge wear, with finish loss. Stands nicely for display. The litho tin measures approximately 9,5"x9.5"x3.25". I cannot get the lid off and don't want to ruin the litho so I won't force it.

Has eight inscriptions over related "Hiawatha" Graphics.

1 Yes, as if in a dream she listened to the words of Hiawatha,
2 At the door on summer evenings sat the little Hiawatha;
3 Then, upon one knee uprising, Hiawatha aimed an arrow;
4 With his moccasins of magic, at each stride a mile he measured;
5 And it floated on the river like a yellow leaf in autumn,
6 Of all the beasts he learned the languages, learned their names and all their secrets,
7 Herds of fallon deer were feeding, but they saw not Hiawatha;
8 Who one morning, in the spring-time came to buy her father's arrows,