Scandanavian Large Lidded Sami Birch Bark Box with Carved Topple pair of cups its two openings make for

its two openings make for fun with flowers

Openings for plants measure 2 3/8" across

The expressive but subtly rendered brown

the other Two-Arm Semaphore

Still a cool thing

Scandanavian Large Lidded Sami Birch Bark Box with Carved Topple pair of cups its two openings make forThis 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