Finely Chip-Carved Dark-Stained Wooden Box hand hoe There are two buckles to

There are two buckles to the wood on the top of the chest

and clearly very old

Pretty great graphics on this c 1940s tin litho noisemaker made by Kirchhof company of Newark

having seen pieces in a couple of exhibitions of Inuit prints (that blew me away) over the past few years

and is indisputably very fine

Finely Chip-Carved Dark-Stained Wooden Box hand hoe There are two buckles toThis is really a wonderful box, very finely carved on all sides and stained a terrific near black. The carving is just fantastic, densely covering every inch of the top and most of the sides all very painstakingly done, but revealing the hand of its maker through small imperfections here and there. IReally lovely, in great shape, and of a very useful size for holding all manner of things. There is a bit of wear to the stain in spots, and very small