vintage travel desk letter box, heavy carved wood w/ iron hardware bohemian decor

Here's a really lovely and unusual vintage piece - a desk box with hinged cover, renaissance / spanish colonial style, with iron and steel hardware, heavily carved wood. 20th century vintage, though it has a good patina, and could mix well with antiques.

I'm not sure where this was made - Mexico? The Middle East? India? No makers marks or signatures that I could find. The wood might be teak?

This measures about 14" wide overall, 11" tall, 6 1/2" front to back. We've shown it filled with paper (not included) to try to show you approximate scale.