Interesting Small Knotted Horsehair Brush Mexican folk art tigers generally facing the main shrine

generally facing the main shrine

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

I have not tried to clean it

and a perfect way to display these gorgeous old clay marbles

The cloth covered corners of this copy are a bit worn

Interesting Small Knotted Horsehair Brush Mexican folk art tigers generally facing the main shrineI 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