Handmade Whisk Broom or Brush, Presumed Japanese modern featuring walnut heads and painstakingly

featuring walnut heads and painstakingly sewn costumes

to be used as drinking cups

but it is in overall very good vintage condition

shafts of wheat against a light blue ground

It measures 3ʺ in diameter and 4

Handmade Whisk Broom or Brush, Presumed Japanese modern featuring walnut heads and painstakinglyI feel like I've seen other hand brooms similar to this one, but I have not been able to find one now that I'm looking! My guess is that it is Japanese, and most definitely it was made quite some time ago with a great deal of care the wire stitching alone on this piece is quite a spectacular thing: carefully braided along one edge of the bristles, criss crossing the leather strip at the other, and then looping and spiraling all over the face of the