Spokeshave Tool With Gorgeous Patina curvy "I want to be her

"I want to be her

This stunning Makah Northwest Coast Native American beargrass lidded basket

but I love it even more knowing its origins and that its brown body

decorated with gold and silver flowers and flourishes

At first I took this small vase with its terrific patterning as an Art Deco piece

Spokeshave Tool With Gorgeous Patina curvy "I want to be herI've become completely enamored of old handcrafted tools just for the spectacular, typically wonderfully worn objects that they are, but I'm also trying to learn a bit about what they are and do along the way! This is an old wood I think perhaps beech and forged iron spokeshave, the incredible beauty of which photos do not do justice. Spokeshaves which apparently date to prehistoric times, when they were used to shape arrow shafts occupy a space