Old Wooden Box with Carved Tombstone Lid figurative rug both collected in Japan and

both collected in Japan and by contemporary makers

I'm honestly not certain how the wrinkled surface on these was achieved

Based in Beverly

I might guess 1950s or so but am not entirely sure

with a small tear to the top edge of the spine

Old Wooden Box with Carved Tombstone Lid figurative rug both collected in Japan andJust a chunky old small wooden box, which looks perhaps to have held drill bits at some point, but which I really love for its carved tombstone style sliding lid, which for me at least turns it into a potential stage of sorts, which one might turn on its side and slide the lid up on like a theater curtain to reveal a surprise inside! (Maybe that's just me! But there is a notch mid way up on the face of the box that will hold the lid open at the mid