Interesting Small Knotted Horsehair Brush old wooden box which wonderfully date it to

which wonderfully date it to the early years of Atari I think

circa 1920s-40s or so

The back sides

which seems to have no impact

they measure: 3" tall

Interesting Small Knotted Horsehair Brush old wooden box which wonderfully date it toI think it is possible that this is a fly whisk or a horsetail whisk brush, which from what I understand are common to Asia, both as tokens of Taoism (shooing away evils) and with the practical function of brushing away the flies, mosquitoes. etc. But I am not certain! What made me fall in love with it is the construction, with each small bunch of horsehair carefully knotted onto what appears to be thread, which wraps around what appears to be a thin