Featured What is this carved in relief 3D wood jar w/African(?) figures - tobacco jar?

It measures 5" tall (6" to top knob) and 4.5" across & has some beautiful carved in relief figures going around it.
My first thought was a tobacco jar but it seems small for that + I didn't think African? haitian? artists wood make a tobacco jar?
Any idea what it is and/or how old it might be?
Thank you!

 

looks like a typical ice bucket at first glance (but no lining/inner) I would still have thought tobacco holder. If not,then just a large round trinket box?

 

Also what’s interesting is the figures on the lid being so different from the ones (grain grinding)on the box/holder

Something similar. Round treen box.

 

Thank you!
What's a treen box?
PS - If it was a typical ice bucket it could only hold 1 or 2 cubes!

 

Just looked at the dimensions now again. So about 13x12cm (at least a few ice cubes ) Not that small could very well be a tobacco jar (as you were thinking) That’s what I think.
https://za.pinterest.com/pin/318137161178220085/

Or then a trinket box. Treen means made from wood.

 

You could also try googling Betel Nut and see what pops up....

 

Agree with Laura. One of the people is using a mortar and pestle to grind the nut.

 

Please provide a link to this box you found, so we can see what the seller said about it.

The style of carving is typical of east African work - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, etc. The scenes seem to be agricultural. It was probably made for sale as a trinket box, with no specific use in mind.

Betel nut use is most common in South and Southeast Asia.

 

Sorry,I tried to do that initially but couldn’t (don’t think the listing/link is available any more)

 

Does look African to me..

 

I couldn't find it either

 

Tobacco jars usually have a place for a sponge inside the lid.