Chinaberry Wood Carved "Parasite" Frog for the car it makes an ideal planter--refined

it makes an ideal planter--refined enough for inside

perfect condition

This is a lovely Penobscot (Native New England) splint ash and sweetgrass basket woven around a glass jar to serve as a vase

it is mostly clunky vessels made of popsicle sticks that one most often comes across

Chinaberry Wood Carved "Parasite" Frog for the car it makes an ideal planter--refinedPart of the pleasure of being out hunting for things is discovering whole genres of things one never new existed. Like this frog! I've now learned that frogs carved from Chinaberry roots are a thing. Apparently, the Chinaberry tree is prone to a specific wood parasitic infection which causes the tree branch to burst open, exposing the insides and creating the "root like" features seen on this one. Carved with a knife and chisel, I think it's a pretty