For Get Me Not, Charming c. Early 20th C. Folk Art Spruce Gum Box dexterity puzzle to keep snuff or precious

to keep snuff or precious gems safely very sealed inside

door that swings open

and like how the same two figures appear toward the center of both

looking very classic Dick Tracy-esque to me

one tear at lower left

For Get Me Not, Charming c. Early 20th C. Folk Art Spruce Gum Box dexterity puzzle to keep snuff or preciousFound in Tennessee but probably Maine in origin, this is a c. early 20th century book shaped spruce gum box. (More below re. spruce gum boxes). You know I love a book shaped anything, and love tokens of all sorts, and naive drawings too, and this is all rolled into one, with a horseshoe and flowers and wonderful spelling of "For get," too! Associated with logging and lumbering activities, spruce gum boxes, also known as gum books, were usually carved