#3 Another what is it

Witch doctor's purse to hold magic potion. IDK but it's creepy!

 

I'm hearing ting-tang-walla-walla-bing-bang in the background.

 

Purple People Eater?

 

Beep beep Beep beep

 

I wonder if was a brush of some type ?maybe the " hair " got worn .

 

It looks like it's from India. Beyond that...dunno. It may have been a decoration on a tassel, or cord ends, or something of the sort.

 

It's fascinating, in a voo-doo sorta way.
Does anybody anywhere use hair and glue as a hinge mechanism? I couldn't find anything.

 

Maybe it's some version of a mourning locket...?

I'm familiar with Victorian mourning lockets with the fantastically woven hair of the deceased, though this is so different (and messy).

Other ideas: Prayer locket or a perfume/scent locket.

 

Except it almost looks like it might have gotten "ripped" out of someone's head..... bad I know, but that's what it looks like.........

 

Off the wall I know but . . . are "we" certain that it is human hair in the locket?

Had I ever been fortunate enough to have a pony and a "locket" like that, I might have clipped a few strands of hair from either the pony's mane or tail as a keepsake (regardless of whether the pony was alive or deceased at the time of the "clipping").

 

That, at least, makes nicer, and better, sense!!!

 

I think your dad is on the right track. I looked at a ton of sporrans, and most are cone-shaped or bell-shaped, but they are very similar in that they enclose hair in that general way. OOOOOH, I hate the ones with the fox faces on them!