You Put Your Weed In There?

June 23, 2008 7:40 PM

What is this wooden object I found in my closet?

It opens. It has a felt-lined dugout. Here's the back view. I'm about to throw it out and thought I'd give the hivemind a crack at guessing what my box really is.

posted by scottMontgomery to Grab Bag (8 answers total)

You put your weed in there. Looks like just a little box good for hiding little things. You can put it in a corner and will look like a little shelf for kitsch.
posted by Roger Dodger at 7:47 PM on June 23, 2008

Fancy bookend?
posted by Hargrimm at 7:50 PM on June 23, 2008

Best answer: Bookend with a secret hidey-hole.
posted by CKmtl at 7:51 PM on June 23, 2008

Could it have at one point been a part of a larger piece of furniture like a vanity? The sculpted edges look like it may have been.

I think it's just a box to hide stuff in, maybe jewelry, maybe weed.
posted by Flying Squirrel at 7:51 PM on June 23, 2008

I think it's for jewelry. A sort of case for a single item, perhaps to be given along with that item as a gift.
posted by bingo at 7:58 PM on June 23, 2008

Best answer: The gift shop in my home town used to have boxes very similar to these. They were all constructed such that the opening method was hidden with the grain of the wood, and had just a small place to store things. When I was a kid, I hid my special coins in them.

This box looks very, very similar.
posted by Loto at 8:05 PM on June 23, 2008

Best answer: Don't throw it out! Its a cool little box/bookend thing. If you really don't want it, give it away. But don't throw it out.
posted by sandraregina at 6:10 AM on June 24, 2008

Best answer: My girlfriend has boxes like that. They're for earrings.

But just between you and me and the entire Internet ... you can put anything you want in there.
posted by metajc at 7:42 AM on June 24, 2008 [1 favorite]