The etsy sugar bowl sure has a very similar shape, except the reverse bottom: [IMG]
Maybe an African artist working on the beach? Agree with Debora that animals are all African. It's not every artist that would include baboons,...
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Shhh! They'll never know if you don't tell. :)
I can see it being used to collect stockings for washing: put them in by ones or twos through the slit; open the drawstring to take them all out...
Maybe you could send it to France for a touch of kyratisation. :)
Buckles, clasps, hat pins, parasol handles... It's the first time I've seen all these items of personal adornment taken up together. Noticed...
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