Beautiful Old Woven Metal Trivet old pine whimsy There is a bit of

There is a bit of a glare on a few of the photos

shows some wear

MA along with several other beautiful Burmese boxes

with all over embroidery that reads like tears streaming down his front

These wooden clapsticks

Beautiful Old Woven Metal Trivet old pine whimsy There is a bit ofI really love this thing, which I believe was made to be a trivet, woven of cut metal strips of varying lengths, folded over at the ends to hold it together. I believe the metal is tin, and think it was likely a make do creation (I have had one other similar, also found in Maine and perhaps done by the same maker years ago) transforming scraps into something remarkably beautiful and satisfying in a very tramp art sort of way. (It also of course