Handmade Woven Leather Covered Cigarette Tin wooden stacking blocks reminding one of a terrific

reminding one of a terrific expressionistic woodcut

His head measures about 3" wide

with a cigarette rest on either side--but now would also make a great little tray for business cards

which I return again and again as a marvelous tool for observing and thinking about my surroundings

signed with what appears to be “Turner” on the bottom

Handmade Woven Leather Covered Cigarette Tin wooden stacking blocks reminding one of a terrificThis is a really lovely old hand stitched leather (cowhide I believe) covered Waverly cigarette tin, with hand woven details on the lid and sides. It is very faintly stamped Sierra Leone on the bottom and I believe dates to the 1920s or so. (I can just picture Ernest Hemingway bringing this back from one of his African hunting trips.) These seem to have been a handicraft specific to West Africa; I have found a few other examples, but few as great