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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 103011, member: 55&quot;]The Tohono O&#039;Odham horsehair turtles are also very traditional; dimensions might help; here&#039;s a sweetgrass Mohawk turtle; 6 1/2&quot; long...</p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/TURTLE-shaped-coiled-sweetgrass-basket-by-Paul-St-John-Mohawk-/370974381960" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/TURTLE-shaped-coiled-sweetgrass-basket-by-Paul-St-John-Mohawk-/370974381960" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/TURTLE-shaped-coiled-sweetgrass-basket-by-Paul-St-John-Mohawk-/370974381960</a></p><p><br /></p><p>or another sweetgrass one described as &quot;small&quot; at</p><p><a href="http://nativedirect.com/products/small-sweet-grass-turtle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://nativedirect.com/products/small-sweet-grass-turtle" rel="nofollow">http://nativedirect.com/products/small-sweet-grass-turtle</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And here is a Tohono O&#039;Odham horsehair turtle, 1 1/8&quot; long:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.brownstrading.com/product-p/e17mbk.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.brownstrading.com/product-p/e17mbk.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.brownstrading.com/product-p/e17mbk.htm</a> </p><p>or another at</p><p><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/193040143/4-vintage-native-american-papago-tohono" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/193040143/4-vintage-native-american-papago-tohono" rel="nofollow">https://www.etsy.com/listing/193040143/4-vintage-native-american-papago-tohono</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I was assuming the photo was of a smaller item, as it seemed comparable in size to the vertebrae, and the beaded vertebrae I&#039;ve seen were fairly small.</p><p>I could tell horsehair from sweetgrass in person, but not so easily from a photo perhaps.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen Tohono O&#039;Odham horsehair turtles fairly frequently in Seattle; often less than an inch across, and looking very much like NurseNancy&#039;s, but am less familiar with the Mohawk turtles.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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