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but am confident it too is Danish from the same period

and they make dusting off the desk or work table a pleasure

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Stunning 19th Century Mi'kmaq Birch Covered, Porcupine Quill Decorated Box for the summer house very much part of theThis is the sort of thing I really can't believe exists in the world; the craftmanship is so exquisite, and the manipulation of the materials such a challenging and laborious process, that its creation, to say nothing of its endurance, just amazes me. (It is many times more beautiful in person, and extremely viscerally satisfying.) I come across small Native American bark boxes decorated with porcupine quills now and then, most made for the tourist