Old Handmade Divided Interior SCREWS Box with Mysterious Slit carved wooden book with that round and deep

with that round and deep lower half offset by its dramatically sloping lid which doubles as a handle

I purchased this and a second naive watercolor drawing of an Indian chief

9 3/4" t x 1 15/16" w x 2 1/8" d

A few months ago I found the metal skeleton of a wind-up bear toy just like this one--a very beautiful thing in its stripped down state

and really love the wispiness and delicacy of these six

Old Handmade Divided Interior SCREWS Box with Mysterious Slit carved wooden book with that round and deepIt's the SCREWS crudely carved into the top of this box, with a pocket knife I'd guess, that makes me love it, and even more so in combination with this mysterious small slit cut through the lid, which seems just the right size to accommodate a folded up paper ballot. As such, it seems "screws" might take on a double meaning as if one imagined that the outcome of the election would, say, leave them screwed, or if they believed all the candidates were