Fabulous Velvet Mushroom Pin Cushion color theory painting I think this all makes

I think this all makes the piece even better

animals (a bumblebee

watercolor on laid

Penobscot and Passamaquoddy tribes) and I believe it is MicMac specifically

executed in black ink on linen card and signed (initialed) at lower right

Fabulous Velvet Mushroom Pin Cushion color theory painting I think this all makesThe existence of this oversized mushroom pin cushion makes me completely happy, and it could be even better with some stick pins stuck in it, perhaps carefully arranged to spell out a word or two across the expanse of its cap. I am not an expert on pin cushions so am not completely sure the age of this, but the velvet looks hand dyed hand painted to me, and the construction of the mushroom very carefully done, with tiny, barely visible hand stitches