Featured What is this little Wood, leather and yarn decorated basket

It is a strange little thing, Boat shaped, Leather covered, The red blue and pink yarn is what i am really wondering about.But what it is or was is a puzzle lol.
7 1/2" long x 4" wide.
Mikey

 

Kind of looks like a re-purposed hat, but for whom, or why, I'm clueless!!!

 

South American tribal...?

That looks like machine stitching at the rim, pic#2 & 4.

 

Could it have at one time been red white and blue?
It is stitched but looked hand done. Also little Brad's holding the leather on.
Mikey

 

For that to be so, the red would have leached into the white...but not the blue? I don't think that's likely, but I'm not well versed about fibers an' fabrics.

The stitching appears to you to have been by hand, rather than machine done? Sure could be, and that would add a great deal of appeal to the piece.

 

Someone had fun with their crafts. The rim is machine stitched, you can tell by the uneven stitches. (I do a lot of leatherwork.) The pink color could be from bleeding, I can't tell if the tops of the pink patches are discolored from dust, fading or bleeding. Some patches look gray. The red would probably bleed more than the blue.

 

It is really charming, but I haven't got the foggiest.
@2manybooks , any ideas?

 

But that type of work looks really familiar. Something I've seen somewhere...

Debora

 

I know similar pompoms from the hats of the Black Forest region and the Golden Triangle, but that's all.

 

I have not seen anything like it before. I get a sort of Eastern European vibe. But I wonder if it might be from Morocco, where they have a leather working tradition, and seem to like pom poms.


https://poshmark.com/listing/Morocc...R9yp8BZ5sLBoJrHH15eM1O5EV_jpkzUsaAvHiEALw_wcB




https://mytindy.com/products/wicker-basket-with-pompom-zira


https://www.ulaswimwear.com/handmade-moroccan-beach-bag-multi-colored-pom-pom/

Rajasthan might also be a possibility.

 

OH! What an absolutely Beautiful Camel!

Be still, my heart!!

 

It could be from Ukraine. The thrift store is owned by them. But they get donations from all over.
Mikey

 

If the red were bleeding, wouldn't the adjacent areas of blue have become purple?

 

Did someone say 'camel'?



This is about the fifth time this pic has appeared on the boards, but always cheers me up.

 

I love it...me, too!

 

I agree. It was just my wishful thinking. Red White and Blue.
Mikey

 

We need to see more happy Mongolian girls with their happy camels.