Primitive Handmade Box With Curved Sides planter with handles For its age

For its age

The woven detail is executed in what looks to be raffia

and both earthy and refined

There is wear around the edges on the exterior box

Primitive Handmade Box With Curved Sides planter with handles For its ageI'm guessing this old box was made for a specific purpose, as these curved sides seems pretty unusual, and it appears there are old staples along the top edges of the shorter sides which perhaps held some covering in place? Maybe it held cheese? Or bread? Whatever the case, I love its roughness and the shape of it, and think it would be terrific filled with apples or hedge apples, or great on the counter for holding mail, or in the wood shop or studio