Stunning, Sculptural Old Folk Art Barbed Wire Basket medical illustrations 5" t x 3 7/8"

5" t x 3 7/8" in diameter

less the peg leg

Wool yarn I believe

They were made in various sizes

which most likely dates from the mid-20th century

Stunning, Sculptural Old Folk Art Barbed Wire Basket medical illustrations 5" t x 3 7/8"My favorite find of the week and since finding a large, wound barbed wire ball a month or so ago, which I might have sold 20 times over, I've had a keen eye out for old barbed wire, though I never expected a beautifully crafted basket to land in my proverbial lap! For me, this is about both its emphatic materiality, and its transcendence an uncanny thing, more a sculpture than a functional object, though it is quite a sturdy basket should one wish to