Butterflies and Tiny Bugs, 19th Century Ink and Watercolor Papago basket with figures and animals but these are the real

but these are the real

and some scattered staining to the red tape

great long eyebrows arching over them

This guy would be less interesting to me without the stains

but I've never seen a rotting lemon

Butterflies and Tiny Bugs, 19th Century Ink and Watercolor Papago basket with figures and animals but these are the realThese butterflies I found together with the watercolor of feathers also just listed I am sure done by the same maker, mid 19th century I believe, and certainly feathers and butterfly wings seem all of a piece. Gorgeous detailing on these splendid creatures, flying in every direction, with a few leafy sprigs, a lady bug for good luck, and what I take for a bee and a mosquito, too. Finely rendered in ink and watercolor, lovely. 9 1 2" x 6 3 8" and in