A birch-bark container with a lid from Ščekurja

The container is rectangular and has a lid that is attached to the box with a leather ribbon. The mouth and bottom of the box are reinforced with hoops made of withies. The side seams are also reinforced with withies. The box is decorated all over with ornamental patterns made by scratching. The pattern on the lid depicts a beaver, the front of the box a “fox elbow” and “head”, the back of the box has a “bundle of reindeer antlers”, the left side of the box has a “fox elbow” and a “birch branch” on the other side and the right side of the box has a “head”. The container comes from the village of Ščekurja.