Finely Hand-Embroidered South American Textile Pouch light green and quite extraordinary

and quite extraordinary

Teppich was born in Germany in 1904

This copy was owned by an artist

This wonderful little turtle-shaped Coushatta hanging “effigy” basket is made of coiled Louisiana native pine needles sewn together with raffia

There is a chip in the wood at the point of the blade

Finely Hand-Embroidered South American Textile Pouch light green and quite extraordinaryI don't really know the story of this wonderful, finely hand embroidered pouch, which I purchased at the estate sale of a gallerist and collector in Boston, who had some incredible South American textiles, including some ancient Chancay Peruvian woven pieces. I would guess it, too, is Peruvian, and certainly painstakingly done, with thousands of tiny cross stitches. I think it's quite possible that the embroidery is older than the pouch itself a