Scandanavian Large Lidded Sami Birch Bark Box with Carved Topple southwest native nineteen by my count

nineteen by my count

is just striking

and are of a very high quality--measured by the number of layers of layers of fabric and quality of stitching

The bottom is stamped "Patent Approved

Scandanavian Large Lidded Sami Birch Bark Box with Carved Topple southwest native nineteen by my countThis 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