Antique Finely Hand-embroidered Mirrored Wall Hanging coffee cup The Nuu-chah-nulth inhabit the west

The Nuu-chah-nulth inhabit the west coast of Vancouver Island

and cut tin fins--silver on the body

the cover illustration of which she closely resembles:)

and some bits left unglazed entirely

Antique Finely Hand-embroidered Mirrored Wall Hanging coffee cup The Nuu-chah-nulth inhabit the westThis very finely hand embroidered textile valence with mirrors I believe is an antique Indian Toran, likely from Rajasthan in Northern India. I purchased it from the estate sale of a woman who had a phenomenal collection of textiles from around the world. From what I understand, Toran stems from the Sanskrit word Torana which loosely translates "to pass," and Toran would be hung in the home, especially over entrances, to mark passage from exterior to