Beautiful Early 20th C. Miniature Inuit Qamutiik Hunting Sled victorian cartoon A perfect box for all

A perfect box for all sorts of souvenirs indeed

including lining the interior of the box with wallpaper

This is exactly the sort of cup that makes me want to bake a chocolate torte so that I can serve after dinner espresso in this cup with it

It does turn

is larger and more substantial than most I have seen--carved I believe to pass for a book on the shelf--and quite a satisfying one to release by sliding the lid

Beautiful Early 20th C. Miniature Inuit Qamutiik Hunting Sled victorian cartoon A perfect box for allI find this miniature sled deeply beautiful, with an elegance of construction and purity of form that feels akin to the pencil box in old blue paint also listed today small perfect things. It is an early 20th century Inuit model of a qamutiik (or komatik) sled, made for the tourist trade. This type of short flat "mushing" sled, constructed by attaching cross slats to two parallel boards, was used for hunting, and would traditionally have been pulled