Curious Folk Art Bone Carving with Cat and Dog and Bird hinged lid box and the more I look

and the more I look at real Chinese Cinnabar carving

or perhaps could be put to use in a new way

with some loss of stain to the base only

otherwise very good antique condition

of Seattle's Space Needle

Curious Folk Art Bone Carving with Cat and Dog and Bird hinged lid box and the more I lookI don't know the origins of this curious folk art creation, which I purchased from a good auction in New Hampshire, but how could I resist this little dog in his doghouse with bone just below on one side, and cat just around the corner?! Plus a bird just about to fly out of the stylized tree above. Carved of what I believe is likely cow bone, which has been hollowed out inside, and decorated all the way around. Definitely it has a good bit of age to