Finely Chip-Carved Dark-Stained Wooden Box hand hoe having seen pieces in a

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

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

which resulted in terrific details on the faces and bodies of the figures and the widely branching trees

just such a satisfying form

It measures 3ʺ in diameter and 4

Finely Chip-Carved Dark-Stained Wooden Box hand hoe having seen pieces in aThis 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