Interesting Small Knotted Horsehair Brush Mexican folk art tigers The cloth covered corners of

The cloth covered corners of this copy are a bit worn

Wire inserted into the openings of the oars runs through oarlocks on either side

army and allies during World War I-- certainly the message remains relevant today

with this half-dead

generally facing the main shrine

Interesting Small Knotted Horsehair Brush Mexican folk art tigers The cloth covered corners ofI think it is possible that this is a fly whisk or a horsetail whisk brush, which from what I understand are common to Asia, both as tokens of Taoism (shooing away evils) and with the practical function of brushing away the flies, mosquitoes. etc. But I am not certain! What made me fall in love with it is the construction, with each small bunch of horsehair carefully knotted onto what appears to be thread, which wraps around what appears to be a thin