Steel
7" x 12 1/2"
Kowloon, Hong Kong

Mail....Box. That's what it says on the front. We haven't figured out what it is used for, but it's such a beautiful object we needed to share it with you. Maybe you can find a place for one? Do you get mail? I mean the non-digital type. I think outside near the front door is a good option but inside for inter-household notes could also work. This type of mailbox is all over Hong Kong. In fact with the exception of a few handmade beauties it is the only mailbox we saw. The cutouts can vary slightly but the size and shape remains the same. Perhaps it is a postal standard or else something that evolved as "the" standard over time. We first spotted it in Shim Shui Po - a part of Kowloon that has an overrepresentation of immigants and is not the wealthiest area (it's actually the poorest and has the greatest number of aged people) of Hong Kong. Not surprisingly, people in Shim Shui Po were also among the friendliest and swiftest we met. This neighborhood is hard hit by pollution. At times I was stunned by how hard it was to breathe; I am itchy to see gasoline disappear as a fuel, good thing we are in an oil crisis!