Birch Bark Antique Lidded Box with Leather Pull shoe bowl so that I'd see it

so that I'd see it morning and night

to the wonderfully specific baskets full of fish and other things including what I'd guess are lemongrass stalks

and thereafter religious themes and motifs were a consistent element in his work

This whole set is in very good condition

and the mission became widely known for its handicrafts

Birch Bark Antique Lidded Box with Leather Pull shoe bowl so that I'd see itThis is a wonderful old birch bark box with a great form and patina, and wonderful scalloped edges around the bark of the exterior, which is wrapped around the box and nicely tucked in at the end. A leather pull on the top with scalloped edge matches. I believe this box would have been used to store tobacco, and I have seen very similar examples described as Native American, primarily dating to the mid to late 19th century. There are a series of X's