Saver's Delight Thrifting

A few years ago, I found an interesting object in Divine Providence for a quarter.

This item is a cylinder wooden item that had micro miniature carvings of people inside. The carvings were intact in some of the scenes inside. Anyway, I thought to myself how detailed this item was.  What was it? I’ve never seen anything like it.  So, I have kept it and am trying to find any information about it. I have done some research on my own and I contacted an Asian Museum online because the characters in carvings look Asian.  I was told by this museum based in California that this item was not Asian but South American and that it was a religious type relic because of the scenes depicted. I didn’t even think of looking at the scenes depicted in the carvings. But it did make sense after they mentioned it. I still don’t know how old it is and what it was used for? I would like to know so if you have any ideas please comment.

Here are some images of the item:

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