Trinket box
Applied Arts
2021.3.2.1ab.AA.BX.C1830.FR
Description
Small box in the shape of an egg, hand carved and openwork with small circles, in carved corozo nut, also called tagua nut or coquilla nut. The box could be used to keep rosary or as a flea catcher.The corozo was worked by the sailors who made it, for example, into small boxes, snuff boxes and tobacco graters. They worked it to pass the time but also and above all to make a little money to improve their daily lives. These corozo objects are fine examples of folk art.
Material
Vegetable ivoryOrigin
vers 1830 FranceDimensions
Width : 4 cmLength : 4 cm
Height : 5.5 cm