1914 WW1 Folk Art House Shaped Match Dispenser + Striker profiles only interrupted by the whites

only interrupted by the whites of the eyes and tusks (and a bit of red at the mouth) and then just the right green for the base

All the better is that it be painted (in oil) on an old chamfered wood panel

appears transformed into a cloud of smoke

I think it might be it

I would guess mid 20th c

1914 WW1 Folk Art House Shaped Match Dispenser + Striker profiles only interrupted by the whitesA lot of history housed in this great little match dispenser striker house, with the August 1914 painted across both long sides marking the month that World War I began. (On August 1, Germany declared war on Russia; three days later they invaded Belgium in order to attack France, which led to a British declaration of war on Germany on August 4.) The painted roof of the house I presume represent the colors of Germany and France on one side, and England