Early 20th C. Basketry Covered Carved Barrel with Interior Drawer and Relief Carved Flowers antique grimaud Box measures 4 1/2" x

Box measures 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" x 5/8"

accomplishing absolutely nothing

One hairline crack down from the lip at the rear of the lion and some bubbling to the glaze on the interior

and there is very little paper loss inside or out

Early 20th C. Basketry Covered Carved Barrel with Interior Drawer and Relief Carved Flowers antique grimaud Box measures 4 1/2" xI have seen (and bought and sold) exactly one other basketry covered carved barrel of this sort, that one dated 1922 and from Maine. This one I found in PA, but I might bet it was made by the same person, or some small community of individuals such a curious hybrid, and so particular, with the basketry seeming Native American, I'd speculate Mi'kmaq, and the rest very naive American folk tramp art. The basketry on that one was somewhat more elaborate,