Birch Bark Antique Lidded Box with Leather Pull wood design or more traditional decor

or more traditional decor

I found these fabulous hand-painted vintage wooden chopsticks at an estate sale that featured a really interesting mix of Asian and farm house antiques

I am guessing they are quite old

very minor

Birch Bark Antique Lidded Box with Leather Pull wood design or more traditional decorThis 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