Finely Chip-Carved Dark-Stained Wooden Box hand hoe and clearly very old

and clearly very old

It measures 3ʺ in diameter and 4

having seen pieces in a couple of exhibitions of Inuit prints (that blew me away) over the past few years

including English walnuts that have been split

just such a satisfying form

Finely Chip-Carved Dark-Stained Wooden Box hand hoe and clearly very oldThis is really a wonderful box, very finely carved on all sides and stained a terrific near black. The carving is just fantastic, densely covering every inch of the top and most of the sides all very painstakingly done, but revealing the hand of its maker through small imperfections here and there. IReally lovely, in great shape, and of a very useful size for holding all manner of things. There is a bit of wear to the stain in spots, and very small