Handmade Whisk Broom or Brush, Presumed Japanese parasol It's large

It's large

but I would rather hate to see it trapped behind glass and would myself be inclined to hang it directly on the wall via pins in the corners

Really a super piece

Among my very favorite tiny animal in the Critical EYE collection is this wonderful Inuit hand-carved polar bear

Handmade Whisk Broom or Brush, Presumed Japanese parasol It's largeI feel like I've seen other hand brooms similar to this one, but I have not been able to find one now that I'm looking! My guess is that it is Japanese, and most definitely it was made quite some time ago with a great deal of care the wire stitching alone on this piece is quite a spectacular thing: carefully braided along one edge of the bristles, criss crossing the leather strip at the other, and then looping and spiraling all over the face of the