Much Weathered Old Carved Totem with Head and Two Animals Chinese cinnabar box Plus it's hard to lose

Plus it's hard to lose track of amidst a stash of sewing and mending supplies

or at least a swindler of some sort

with the larger 3 7/8" tall and the shorter 2" tall

I believe it is Danish Modern

He was a house wright and had a carpentry shop with John Crane

Much Weathered Old Carved Totem with Head and Two Animals Chinese cinnabar box Plus it's hard to loseNot an easy one to photograph, and also rather an elusive one to begin with, at least to me. This small totem was carved from a very soft, porous wood, like petrified driftwood, and appears to me to be quite old, as the features on the three figures what looks to be a human head at top, followed by two animals below appear to have much weathered and worn since they were carved. Based on the nature of the wood and the color, I might guess this carving