Natural Gourd with Pine Needle Rim

I used a natural gourd, dyed pine needles and black beads to make the vessel shown.  The black pine needles contrasted the natural gourd color.  The natural sinew provided contrast to the pine needles. 

When the vessel was complete I added a circle of black beads around the top, at the center of the X pattern and along the edge where the pine needles were attached to the gourd.