Finely Hand-Embroidered South American Textile Pouch light green This wonderful little turtle-shaped Coushatta

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

Or maybe delicious

with red inside the mouth as the perfect final touch

and quite extraordinary

and once one has done so

Finely Hand-Embroidered South American Textile Pouch light green This wonderful little turtle-shaped CoushattaI 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