Pretty Victorian Clothes Brush with Blue Velvet Wrap hand-carved wooden animal vessel with these green painted stripes

with these green painted stripes

This is a beautiful pair of vintage hand-painted Australian Aboriginal clap sticks

10 15/16" tall x 8 1/8" wide x 13/16" thick

and has exhibited and taught widely

some of them made in two parts to serve as incense burners

Pretty Victorian Clothes Brush with Blue Velvet Wrap hand-carved wooden animal vessel with these green painted stripesAmong so many other things I find it hard to resist a pretty brush, and this one is very much that, and in near perfect condition. Victorian I believe, with the handle thickly painted black, sapphire blue velvet just above the ferrule, and soft, pale blonde horsehair bristles with crimson stitching across them. The shape of the handle would make it easy to tie a ribbon around the end and hang it from the wall. 7" long x 3" wide. The handle alone is 4