Crazy Carved Wooden Canister with Six Figures and Head on Top! tall bowl of which this is one

of which this is one

plus its disproportionately large head and ochre colored long nose--and then those tiny little feet

and absolutely it was made with great skill

This box shows wonderful details in the patterning all over as well as in the hardware

really--that show lots of time and effort invested

Crazy Carved Wooden Canister with Six Figures and Head on Top! tall bowl of which this is oneTotally wacky, but pretty fun, and whoever made this certainly had a vision which they exerted a lot of time and effort to carry all the way through. I might guess this vessel was made to hold tobacco, perhaps in a tin that fit inside? I'm not entirely certain the identities of the historic, international cast of characters carved in relief around the faceted perimeter, or the identity of the head on top, but I do believe George Washington and John