Fabulous Velvet Mushroom Pin Cushion fine Pima basket There were a few different

There were a few different iterations of double sided "Pocket Signal Disks" like this one--I've seen one issued by the Boy Scouts

perhaps in the early hours of the morning

is closely in keeping with traditional 19th and 20th century Inuit whale bone carved shamanic masks used in ceremonial dances

- but I might be inclined just to wrap a string or ribbon around the handle and hang it on the wall

Framed: 18 7/8" x 16 7/8"

Fabulous Velvet Mushroom Pin Cushion fine Pima basket There were a few differentThe existence of this oversized mushroom pin cushion makes me completely happy, and it could be even better with some stick pins stuck in it, perhaps carefully arranged to spell out a word or two across the expanse of its cap. I am not an expert on pin cushions so am not completely sure the age of this, but the velvet looks hand dyed hand painted to me, and the construction of the mushroom very carefully done, with tiny, barely visible hand stitches