Book Shaped Old Carved Spruce Gum Box Penland and he has what looks

and he has what looks rather like a tiny hand and wrist for a nose

and most of all the dramatic gesture of the central warrior captured mid-air as he leaps onto the horse of the cavalry soldier

based in or around Portland

they have a darker stain starting about a third of the way down the handles

established in the 1970s by Todd Piker

Book Shaped Old Carved Spruce Gum Box Penland and he has what looksIt makes perfect sense that I would have found this one in Maine tagged as a "mystery box" but in fact a spruce gum box. Associated with logging and lumbering activities, spruce gum boxes, also known as gum books, were usually made from a solid piece of wood, as this one was, with a sliding opening at bottom. These were made by lumberman, typically as gifts for loved ones, most dating from 1850 1920, after which improved transportation allowed them to