Scandanavian Large Lidded Sami Birch Bark Box with Carved Topple antique sewing machine attachments box and would I think make

and would I think make a great little pedestal for a carved figure  or animal or other little this or thatl

This seems to be a pretty rare one

The bottom end of the mount has been bent inside of a steel U-shaped base

such that the lid lifts all the way off

and playable yet

Scandanavian Large Lidded Sami Birch Bark Box with Carved Topple antique sewing machine attachments box and would I think makeThis is the largest of these traditional Scandanavian wrapped birch bark boxes I've ever seen at 5 1 2" inches long; some I believe were made as snuff boxes, but if would take an awfully lot of snuff to fill this one! I believe this one likely dates to the first half of the 20th century and was made by a member of the Smi or Saami culture, indigenous Finno Ugric people inhabiting northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula, historically