Carved Wooden Shoe Shaped Snuff Box vintage Haitian art circa 1970s

circa 1970s

which is what I love about them

having seen pieces in a couple of exhibitions of Inuit prints (that blew me away) over the past few years

1 3/8" tall x 1 1/8" wide x 3/4" deep and in great vintage condition

Carved Wooden Shoe Shaped Snuff Box vintage Haitian art circa 1970sThere 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