Fancy Penobscot Sweetgrass and Ash Splint Basket with Curlicue Braiding antique box with gold paint kit bringing joy wherever it is

bringing joy wherever it is situated

This is a gorgeous

While the weaving is unsigned

making this useful as a paperweight as well

Fancy Penobscot Sweetgrass and Ash Splint Basket with Curlicue Braiding antique box with gold paint kit bringing joy wherever it isI 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