Carved Wooden Shoe Shaped Snuff Box vintage Haitian art but also lovely displayed in

but also lovely displayed in silhouette on open shelves

(Six issues of the bi-monthly publication were produced in total before publication ceased in 1922

so I never pass them by

5 1/4" tall

circa 1970s

Carved Wooden Shoe Shaped Snuff Box vintage Haitian art but also lovely displayed inThere are some very fancy little antique shoe shaped snuff boxes out there with all sorts of inlays and flourishes, but I love the relative humility of this one (and its great silhouette), with just some sweet decorative detail carved into the pointy toe and a short heel at the other end. There is some old hand written cursive text on the bottom of the box, I believe in pencil, but it is very faint and I am unable to read it; I do believe this little