Scandanavian Large Lidded Sami Birch Bark Box with Carved Topple antique sewing machine attachments box the arms raise his hat

the arms raise his hat high

I would probably not use as pestle on it

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This seems to be a pretty rare one

Scandanavian Large Lidded Sami Birch Bark Box with Carved Topple antique sewing machine attachments box the arms raise his hatThis 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