Old Wooden Box with Carved Tombstone Lid figurative rug both collected in Japan and

both collected in Japan and by contemporary makers

perfect for hanging like a garland across the wall

and I'd guess it dates to the early 20th century

I might guess 1950s or so but am not entirely sure

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Old Wooden Box with Carved Tombstone Lid figurative rug both collected in Japan andJust a chunky old small wooden box, which looks perhaps to have held drill bits at some point, but which I really love for its carved tombstone style sliding lid, which for me at least turns it into a potential stage of sorts, which one might turn on its side and slide the lid up on like a theater curtain to reveal a surprise inside! (Maybe that's just me! But there is a notch mid way up on the face of the box that will hold the lid open at the mid