Scandanavian Large Lidded Sami Birch Bark Box with Carved Topple antique sewing machine attachments box with whimsy-type elements showing the

with whimsy-type elements showing the prowess of their makers

I would probably not use as pestle on it

and playable yet

This seems to be a pretty rare one

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Scandanavian Large Lidded Sami Birch Bark Box with Carved Topple antique sewing machine attachments box with whimsy-type elements showing theThis is the largest of these traditional Scandanavian wrapped birch bark boxes I've ever seen at 5 1 2" inches long; some I believe were made as snuff boxes, but if would take an awfully lot of snuff to fill this one! I believe this one likely dates to the first half of the 20th century and was made by a member of the Smi or Saami culture, indigenous Finno Ugric people inhabiting northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula, historically