Small, oblong wooden box with sliding lid. Box lid is handcarved with heart and six pointed star contained within a circle. Also various patterns composed of smaller elements, including spiralled disks and concentric squares. Box contains wound bundle of raffia straw.
boxes (containers)
wood (plant material)
BOX
Unknown
2 1/4 x 2 5/8 x 11 7/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Theodora Willard
1937.408AB
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