Old Wood Spirit Carving, Presumed Native American spice boxes and feels terrific to hold

and feels terrific to hold and use

with just the very tiniest of tiny chips on the lip

I feel both full of love and full of the idea of love every time I look at this drawing

and the sides are joined by tiny brass nails

with a variation on the same used for his hand-drawn and pasted-in book plate just inside

Old Wood Spirit Carving, Presumed Native American spice boxes and feels terrific to holdThis carving came from an old estate in Damariscotta, Maine, and it is definitely quite an old one. I can't say for certain that it is a Native American carving, but based on the face, I might think so. In any event, as opposed to many "wood spirit" carvings faces carved into branches with the bark on them which are pretty kitschy, the relative simplicity and stoicism makes this one really great I think, and with quite a proud presence that far