Ornate Japanese Kanzashi Hair Pin with Koi Fish and Beetle matte green art pottery bowl it really elevates anything you

it really elevates anything you might put in it

were collected through audio recordings and translated to create this book

wine and cheeses

New Mexico in 2002

The wood here is unfinished and I am not entirely sure what type of wood it is

Ornate Japanese Kanzashi Hair Pin with Koi Fish and Beetle matte green art pottery bowl it really elevates anything youThis old hair ornament is amazing! I had thought it was Chinese, as I found others it closely resembles attributed as such, but now I'm pretty confident it is Japanese, where it called a Kanzashi, and dates to the early 20th century. I am completely enchanted by its intricate nest of forms, among which I spot a koi fish, a beetle, a butterfly, and various leaf and flower forms, and then an iridescent round bead, and a sculptural piece of what I think