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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KylieS, post: 9433738, member: 22292&quot;]Sweet piece <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> My only expertise in this is that I&#039;m from NZ, this is an adaptation for modern usage of the form of a feather box (&#039;Papa hou&#039; in Maori) in a low rectangular Northland Maori style, which also fits with the carving style. Looks like it is meant as a pencil case? Definitely 20th century but I would say 1940s-60s due to the limited availability of machine routers prior to that time in NZ. Complete speculation, but it might have been brought back by a US serviceman perhaps? There were many US soldiers in NZ from the wars in the Pacific. Tourists in the USA would have been quite rare at that time! Hope this helps <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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