Finely Hand-Embroidered South American Textile Pouch wedding gifts And there's a hand my

And there's a hand my trusty friend

Plus those beautifully knotted "golden sun" details at the handles and center

The stone is otherwise very smooth and feels great to hold

Surely it was made to hold something specific

I really like the roughness of the carving

Finely Hand-Embroidered South American Textile Pouch wedding gifts And there's a hand myI don't really know the story of this wonderful, finely hand embroidered pouch, which I purchased at the estate sale of a gallerist and collector in Boston, who had some incredible South American textiles, including some ancient Chancay Peruvian woven pieces. I would guess it, too, is Peruvian, and certainly painstakingly done, with thousands of tiny cross stitches. I think it's quite possible that the embroidery is older than the pouch itself a