Unusual Folk Art (Real) Star Fish Basket! early children's book The other cap comes off

The other cap comes off easily

with a wonderful sort of mystery and otherworldliness about it I think--to my eye evincing the spirit of a gold leafed ancient Egyptian Ibis

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clean and bright and all be the first page in very dark

Unusual Folk Art (Real) Star Fish Basket! early children's book The other cap comes offA curious one, which I purchased from a dealer in Nashville named Kitty Saylor, my favorite name ever and just right I think for someone offering up a starfish basket! It is a real and large starfish that forms the basket here, its underbelly (basket interior) painted a now mellow gold, and its exterior coated in a dark brown stain varnish. The handle is wood, with what appears to be a vine wrapping it tightly, all stained and varnished too, and with