Fancy Penobscot Sweetgrass and Ash Splint Basket with Curlicue Braiding blue and black (Thinking of Mother Earth as

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Images were published from original drawings using a zincography

thin leather case

I think its just terrific

Fancy Penobscot Sweetgrass and Ash Splint Basket with Curlicue Braiding blue and black (Thinking of Mother Earth asI am completely enchanted by this basket! Woven of sweetgrass and dyed ash splint, I am pretty certain it is Penobscot (Maine Native), likely c. 1920's 40's, and is definitely one of the finest I have seen. The lid features a striking interplay of thin splint strips and braided sweetgrass woven over thicker orange splints, but it is the sides that really make this basket, with these fantastic thick curling grass braids secured with splint loops