Ships, Folk Art, and Whimsey in Bottles

This bottle contains many wood crafts including a saw horse made with a wooden pliers on each end and a large log across the top. In the log is an Axe and a Mallet with the handles crossing each other and a wedge in the center of the log. The letter "M" is on the mallet, "W" on the wedge, and "A" on the Axe, which stands for Modern Woodmen of America. The year "1906" written on it. In front of the saw horse is a buck saw with a wooden blade. "Utica, Neb" is written on the top of a wooden bucksaw and "1354" (the Camp Number) is written across the bottom, and "Camp" across the center support. There is a wooden base with a long carved wooden support with a brown thread wrapped around it. On the end of the support is a carved fan with interlocking blades. The fan has 21 blades and is approximately 3 inches wide and almost completes a full 360 degree circle. A red thread around each blade of the fan. The bottle is sealed with a wooden stopper with a brown tassel suspended from the center. There is a curved wooden cross piece making it impossible to remove the wooden stopper. A red tassel is suspended from each end of the cross piece. Although the makers name is unknown, this bottle was likely made by someone associated as a forester with the Modern Woodmen of America, and is the same artist who made the bottle under Bottle ID 1074 and 1274.