Professor Fizziwillig's exploration box

Good morning everyone
I hope you are well, yesterday was spent on class samples and other commitments but at about 10 pm I'd had enough and moved on to finishing this: Professor Fizziwillig's box....
(Yes you've seen it in bits and pieces but here is is finished at last; well I'll add some more story to the book but essentially it is complete!)

 So here is the outside of the box, just for those who perhaps have not seen it before.

 Opening the box to reveal the treasures within. The lid is lined with tattered maps, I like to think that these were the good professor's starting guide on his travels. Inside is a notebook, unusually covered along with a pen, and some vials the contents of which we shall get to in a moment.

 The lids of these vials are most unusual and caught my eye immediately. Though tarnished with age they appear to be human; though from whence they came I cannot say, I have not seen the likes of them in this land before......

 The pen, crafted from some exotic bird's plumage, is well used though there appears to be no more ink in the box. The base of the box is crafted from some form of metal, again rather tarnished with age, the markings remain fairly clear.

 The book itself has an unusual cover, it appears to be made up of some form of pressed flower though not one indigenous to this land. The first few pages are written in the professor's own hand. Unusually the first page is a warning not to open the vials as things are not always what they seem. Curioser and curioser.......

 There is also a sheet of photographic negatives of the men who set off on this adventure, remarkably well preserved for the age I have to say.

 And the vials; containing some unusual leaves and what appear to be claws in the top. The second has more of the plumage that the pen has been crafted from. Then there appears to be some kind of reptile skin and preserved paws in the next one.  The last contains a cunningly crafted arrow, along with some unusual paper like bark. I can't help but wonder if perhaps the bark is used to manufacture some sort of poison for the arrow........

My curiosity has definitely been aroused; I think I'll have to see if I can dig up some more information about this relative of mine...... in the meantime I do think I'll heed the warning and leave the vials alone; at least till I know more........

I'm going to enter this into Simon says Stamp and show, a summer holiday; I'm sure the good professor was enjoying a bit of summer on his voyage!