Old Make Do Ice Fishing Decoy viking figure I believe this lovely antique

I believe this lovely antique hardwood box was made to hold a deck of cards--as it does so beautifully

but these two tins comprise

down to the very crudely painted faces

signed on the underside of the lid "M

Old Make Do Ice Fishing Decoy viking figure I believe this lovely antiqueI love an old folk art ice fishing decoy and even better a decidedly make do one and this one especially for distilling down to its essence what an ice fishing decoy wants to be. Two pieces of cut tin for the front fins, one more for the tail, with just enough painted color to impart it with the powers of seduction! Plus a lead weight on the underside to allow it to sink. I believe the body was a post of some kind, whittled to taper at the tail end,