Very Fine, Unusual Antique Needle Lace Medallion of Native American Figure ceramic jar with pipe The leather of the strap

The leather of the strap closure for the box is somewhat stiff/cracked

in Bristol

but based on the color

published by the American Sports Publishing Company

one for the blade--it is structurally sound and ready to put to use opening the bills

Very Fine, Unusual Antique Needle Lace Medallion of Native American Figure ceramic jar with pipe The leather of the strapAfter doing some research, I have a theory that this very fine handmade needle lace medallion was created by an Eduord Marie Verpooten (Edy Verporte), a native of Belgium who lived in Spokane Washington in the late 19th early 20th century. There is a figural medallion commemorating the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition of 1909 held in the collection of the Smithsonian that is very similar in manner, and the closest thing I can find this. It makes sense