Finely Hand-Embroidered South American Textile Pouch made in China it is in excellent condition

it is in excellent condition

the dovetail box is missing the edge trim on one end of its sliding top

but too long to be a deer

not knowing exactly what it was

Finely Hand-Embroidered South American Textile Pouch made in China it is in excellent conditionI don't really know the story of this wonderful, finely hand embroidered pouch, which I purchased at the estate sale of a gallerist and collector in Boston, who had some incredible South American textiles, including some ancient Chancay Peruvian woven pieces. I would guess it, too, is Peruvian, and certainly painstakingly done, with thousands of tiny cross stitches. I think it's quite possible that the embroidery is older than the pouch itself a