Carved, Signed Antler Mushroom! chop and this wooden box was

and this wooden box was custom built to fit it

today most of its thousand or so members live in Elton

Photos do not do justice to the gorgeous warm sheen on this antique splint basket

and its size

is pretty amazing too

Carved, Signed Antler Mushroom! chop and this wooden box wasThis mushroom! When I first spotted it, I thought it was ceramic, but closer inspection reveals it is definitely bone, and I am pretty certain antler, most likely Caribou I think. I really love it as an object exactly the scale of a real mushroom, and just what it is, beautifully executed, no fuss. I've found a few other carved antler mushrooms, almost all Canadian (morels carved from deer antler seem to be a bit of a thing), but none as lovely as