Antique Wooden Box with Carved Hieroglyphics! primitive stool These are exactly the sort

These are exactly the sort I like--very earthy

There were a few different sizes and variations of these made

but everything else seems to be in place

To the right of the pocket is a ribbed match striker

Antique Wooden Box with Carved Hieroglyphics! primitive stool These are exactly the sortI'm not quite sure how the surface of this box came to be so, but it makes me super happy that it did, and I feel as if it might just hold the secrets of the universe! (My guess it that a child many years ago went to work on it with a sharp tool, yielding a mix of letters and numbers and symbols that, together with a few gauges and a bit of paint here and there add up to a pretty fantastic surface. The sides and bottom are much less carved up; the