lacquered wood 78½ h × 49 w × 14½ d in (199 × 124 × 37 cm)
"...if my work looks primitive, it's not because it is stylized that way...it's because it is actually made with the same simple tools, techniques and sensibilities that objects have been made for a 1000 years...when I work, I am as much on the banks of a jungle river, or on some muddy Asian tinkerer's street, as I am in my studio...and plaster, epoxy or paint become ground clamshell, tree resins or sacred pigment, and are applied as such...simple Canal Street technology is used to create magic...and made-up provenance, function and history are used to further define the fantasy...each piece is like a play with many levels to explore...this is not design by any stretch of the imagination..."
In the creation of this work, Snyder created a fictional scenario, in it this cabinet was a gift given by the King of Nubia, as a token of thanks for saving the life of his son, who had mistakenly entered the 'The Cave of 1000 Perils' while on a journey in the Sultan's sovereignty.
exhibited: Art et Industrie, New York
David Gill, London