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

With little loops carved on either end

including for the fact that the cow balances quite well on the back of the horse (though not quite so much vice verse

established in the 1970s by Todd Piker

unusual example

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